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هِرْدَبَّةٌ

Root: هردب

Full Definition

هِرْدَبَّةٌ (and هِرْدَبٌّ, TA) An old woman.
2 Also, Having a swollen belly, and cowardly: or cowardly, bulky, of little sense, swollen in the belly, and having no heart.
3 Accord. to Az, in the T, A large, long-bodied man is called هِرْدَبَّةٌ.
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