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عقب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

اليَعْقُوبِيَّةُ ذ [a coll. gen. n., n. un. يَعْقُوبِىٌّ,] the name of A sect of the خَوَارِج, followers of Yaakoob Ibn-'Alee El-Koofee. (TA.) ― -b2- And A sect of the Christians; the followers of Yaakoob ElBarádi'ee [or Jacobus Baradæus ], who assert the unity of the divine and human natures [ in the person of Christ ], and who are the most unbelieving and stubborn of the Christians: so says El-Mak- reezee, in one of his tracts. (TA.)

Derived headwords

اليَعْقُوبِيَّةُ
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