مُسْبَعٌ
Root: سبع
Full Definition
مُسْبَعٌ
Given, or delivered, to the
ظُؤُورَة [which means both nurse and nurses]: this is the primary signification: or whose mother dies, and who is therefore suckled by another; left to himself; or left without work, or occupation; applied to a slave; syn. مُهْمَلٌ: or مُتْرَفٌ, [which has the same and other significations; or] which is [here] nearly the same as مُهْمَلٌ, for he who is مُهْمَل is usually مُتْرَف: or one who is left to himself with the
سِبَاع [or animals of prey] so that he becomes like one of them in mischievousness, or noxiousness, or evilness: or who is left to himself and not restrained from his daringness, so that he remains daring: and a slave left to himself, and daring; left until he has become like the
سَبُع: or one whose origin is suspected; whose father is not known: or a bastard: or one whose lineage is of slaves, or ignoble, up to seven male ancestors, or, to seven female ancestors; or, to four male ancestors; or whose lineage is traced up to four female ancestors all of them slaves: or born at seven months; not matured by the womb, his months not being completed.
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