Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِيثَبٌ

Root: وثب

Full Definition

مِيثَبٌ A plain, or level, land, or tract of land.
2 A leaper, or jumper.
3 Also, [contr.,] A sitter: [app. in the dial. of Himyer].
4 What is elevated, of land.
5 A rivulet, stream, or streamlet: syn. جَدْوَلٌ.


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