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مَلْعَبٌ

Root: لعب

Full Definition

مَلْعَبٌ A place of playing, sporting, gaming, or the like; a place where plays, games, or sports, are performed: pl. مَلَاعِبُ.
2 مَلَاعِبُ الرِّيحِ [pl. The sporting-places of the wind;] places where the wind blows, or has blown, vehemently: syn. مَدَارِجُهَا.
3 تَرَكْتُهُ فِى مَلَاعِبِ الجِنِّ [I left him in the sporting-places of the Jinn, or genii]: i. e., in such a place that he did not know where he was.
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