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درب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

دُرْبَةٌ درب دربه دربة Custom, or habit; (IAar, T, S, M, A, K;) or habituation; (T, Msb;) and boldness to engage in, or undertake, war, and any affair: (IAar, T, S, A, * Msb, * K:) and ↓ دُرَّابَةٌ, (M, TA,) with teshdeed, (TA,) on the authority of IAar, (M, TA,) but written in the K ↓ دُرَابَة, (TA,) signifies the same. (M, K, TA.) One says, مَا زِلْتُ أَعْفُو عَنْ فُلَانٍ حَتَّى ا@تَّخَذَهَا دُرْبَةً [ I ceased not to forgive such a one until he took it as a habit ]. (T, * S.)

Derived headwords

دُرْبَةٌ
  1. 1.
مَا زِلْتُ
أَعْفُو عَنْ فُلَانٍ حَتَّى ا@تَّخَذَهَا دُرْبَةً