مِيزَابٌ

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مِيزَابٌ A water-spout; a pipe or other channel that spouts forth water; (TA, art. أزب;) that by which water pours down from a high place; a water-spout of wood, or the like, to convey away the water from the roof of a house: (MF, art. زوب:) from وَزَبَ المَآءُ “ the water flowed: ” or a Persian term, arabicized; i. e., composed of the Persian words, signifying “ make water: ” also written مِئْزَابٌ; and in this case its pl. is مَآزِيبُ: but if without ء, its pl. is مَيَازِيبُ, or مَوَازِيبُ; the latter agreeable with analogy, like مَوَاعِيدُ and مَوَازِينُ. [See also arts. أزب and زوب. It has also two other forms, مِزْرَابٌ and مِرْزَابٌ.]

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