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جرب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جِرْبِيَاآءُ جربياآء [a word of a very rare form, (see كِبْرِيَاآءُ,)] The north-west wind; a wind of the kind termed نَكْبَاآءُ, that blows in a direction between that of the [ north wind, or northerly wind, called ] شَمَال and that of the [ west wind, or westerly wind, called ] دَبُور, and that dispels the clouds: (S, TA:) it is a cold wind, and is sometimes attended by a little rain: (TA in art. نكب, q. v.:) or the [ north wind, or northerly wind, called ] شمال: or the cold of that wind: (K, TA:) or, (K,) as also أَزْيَبُ, (TA,) the south east wind; the wind that blows in a direction between that of the [ south wind, or southerly wind, called ] جَنُوب and that of the [ east wind, or easterly wind, called ] صَبَا. (K, TA.) ― -b2- Also, with the article ال, a name of The seventh earth: corresponding to العِرْبِيَاآءُ, a name of “the seventh heaven.” (TA.) -A2- Also A weak man. (K.)

Derived headwords

جِرْبِيَاآءُ
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