جرب

مُجْرِبٌ مجرب A man who has his camels affected with what is termed جَرَب [i. e. the mange, or scab ]: whence the prov., لَا اـِلَاهَ لِمُجْرِبٍ [ There is no god to one who has his camels affected with the mange ]; as though he renounced his god by frequently swearing falsely by him that he had no pitch when it was demanded of him [for the purpose of curing other camels]: (A:) or لَا أَلِيَّةَ لِمْجْرِبٍ [ There is no oath to one who has his camels affected with the mange; for the reason above mentioned, or because he is likely to deny that he has mangy camels lest his camels should be prevented from coming to water: and hence also,] أَكْدَبُ مِنْ مُجْرِبٍ [ More lying than one who has his camels affected with the mange ]; another prov. (Meyd. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov., ii. 382.])