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مُضَابِئٌ

Root: ضبأ

Full Definition

مُضَابِئٌ , or مُضَابِئَةٌ, and ضَابِئَةٌ , A [large sack such as is called] غِرَارَة that oppresses by its weight, and conceals, him who carries it beneath it.
2 The second of these words is also applied in a poem recited by [its author] Aboo-Hizám El- 'Oklee, to ISk, to the said poem, which is one abounding with hemzehs [and difficult to pronounce].
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