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مِبْرَدٌ

Root: برد

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مِبْرَدٌ A file; syn. سُوهَانٌ; which is a Persian word: pl. مَبَارِدُ.
2 [Hence,] جَعَلَ لِسَانِهِ عَلَيْهِ مُبْرِدًا [He made his tongue like a file upon him; i. e.] he annoyed him, or hurt him, with his tongue, and vituperated him. [See a saying of Moosà Ibn-Jábir voce جِنٌّ.]
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