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مَثْلَبَةٌ

Root: ثلب

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مَثْلَبَةٌ and مَثْلُبَةٌ A fault, vice, or the like: or [properly] a cause of [blame or] reviling: pl. مَثَالِبُ. You say, مَا عَرَفْتُ فِى فُلَانٍ مَثْلَبَةً [I have not known in such a one a fault, or vice, or cause of blame, &c.].
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