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رءب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مِرْأَبٌ ذ An instrument with which cracks, or fissures, in a vessel, are repaired, or mended; syn. مِشْعَبٌ. (M, TA.) ― -b2- [And hence,] the same word, and ↓ رَأّآبٌ, (T, A, K,) A man who repairs, or mends, cracks, or fissures, (T, K,) of bowls [&c.]: (T:) or who repairs, or mends, things well. (A.) And [hence,] (assumed tropical:) A man who effects reconciliation, or makes peace, between people. (T.) Pl. [of the former] مَرَائِيبُ [as though the sing. were مِرْاآبٌ also]. (T, A, TA.)

Derived headwords

مِرْأَبٌ
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