مِصْطَبَةٌ
Root: صطب
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مِصْطَبَةٌ
[and مَصْطَبَةٌ, like مَسْطَبَةٌ], or مِصْطَبَّةٌ, (so accord. to the TA, with teshdeed to the ب, [but the word is of frequent occurrence and commonly written without tesh-deed,]) A place where people assemble, like a
دُكَّان, [i. e. a kind of wide bench, of stone or brick &c., generally built against a wall,] for the purpose of sitting upon it: Az heard an Arab of the desert, of the tribe of Fezárah, apply this word to a square, flat-topped pile of earth, raised for the purpose of passing the night upon it: also, [sometimes, app. in late ages,] a hospice for strangers; or a place in which the poor and the beggars assemble: not [originally, or properly,] an Arabic word: [see more in art. سطب, for it is a dial. var. of مَسْطَبَةٌ,] of the dial. of Baghdád: [the pl. is مَصَاطِبُ.]
2 See also the next preceding paragraph.
2 See also the next preceding paragraph.
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