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وَجْبٌ

Root: وجب

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وَجْبٌ and مُوَجِّبٌ A she-camel whose biestings coagulate in her udder.
2 وِجَابٌ Places in which water stagnates: pl. of وَجْبٌ.
3 وَجْبٌ A large skin of the kind called سِقَاءٌ, made of the hide of a he-goat: pl. وِجَابٌ.
4 وَجْبٌ Stupid; foolish; of little sense.
5 وَجْبٌ and وَجَّابٌ and and مُوَجِّبٌ A coward; cowardly; pusillanimous. [The second and third, and more especially the latter, are probably intensive epithets.]

def.2 وَجْبٌ A bet, wager, or stake, at a shooting-match or a race. (IAar; and L in TA, voce نَدَبٌ.)
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