مِعْزَابَةٌ
Root: عزب
Full Definition
مِعْزَابَةٌ
A man who goes away to a distance with his cattle, or camels &c., from others, in the pasturage; as also
مِعْزَابٌ : accord. to Az, the former is the only epithet of the measure مِفْعَالَةٌ, except مِجْذَامَةٌ, which is sometimes used; [but in the TA, مِطْرَابَةٌ and مِطْوَاعَةٌ and مِقْدَامَةٌ also are mentioned;] the ة in معزابة, he says, is added to give intensiveness to the signification, and to imply praise; the meaning being, in his opinion, a man who frequently betakes himself, with his cattle, or camels &c., pasturing at a distance from others, to the places where rain has fallen, and to the uncropped herbage produced thereby; and he adds that the ة is affixed to a masc. epithet to imply praise or blame when intensiveness is meant. The two epithets above are also expl. as applied to a man who pastures his camels at a distance from the abode of the tribe, not repairing to them to rest. [See also عَزَبٌ &c.]
2 Also, or مِعْزَابٌ ,
3 See also عَزَبٌ
2 Also, or مِعْزَابٌ ,
3 See also عَزَبٌ
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