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نصب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَنْصُوبَةٌ ذ , as an epithet, applied to a شَبَكَة or حِبَالَة ( A net or snare ) set, or set up. And hence, as a subst., like دَابَّةٌ and عَجُوزٌ, (assumed tropical:) An artifice, a stratagem, a trick, a plot, a resource, or an expedient: or a stratagem in the game of chess. You say سَوَّى فُلَانٌ منصوبةً [ Such a one framed a stratagem, or plot ]. (Z.)

Derived headwords

مَنْصُوبَةٌ
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سَوَّى فُلَانٌ منصوبةً