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لعب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَلْعَبٌ ذ A place of playing, sporting, gaming, or the like; a place where plays, games, or sports, are performed: (S, K:) pl. مَلَاعِبُ. (TA.) ― -b2- مَلَاعِبُ الرِّيحِ [pl. (tropical:) The sporting-places of the wind; ] places where the wind blows, or has blown, vehemently: syn. مَدَارِجُهَا. (K.) ― -b3- تَرَكْتُهُ فِى مَلَاعِبِ الجِنِّ (tropical:) [ I left him in the sporting-places of the Jinn, or genii ]: i. e., in such a place that he did not know where he was. (TA.)

Derived headwords

مَلْعَبٌ
  1. 1.
مَلَاعِبُ الرِّيحِ
تَرَكْتُهُ فِى
مَلَاعِبِ الجِنِّ