Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُسَلِّبٌ

Root: سلب

Full Definition

مُسَلِّبٌ : see سَلِيبٌ, in two places.
2 مَالِى أَرَاكَ مُسَلِّبًا i. e. [What hath happened to me that I see thee] unfamiliar, not inclining to any one? is a saying whereby a man is likened to a wild animal: one says also, إِنَّهُ لَوَحْشىٌّ مُسَلِّبٌ, meaning Verily he is unsociable and ungentle.


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