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سلب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُسَلِّبٌ ذ : see سَلِيبٌ, in two places. ― -b2- مَالِى أَرَاكَ مُسَلِّبًا i. e. [ What hath happened to me that I see thee ] unfamiliar, not inclining to any one? is a saying whereby a man is likened to a wild animal: one says also, اـِنَّهُ لَوَحْشىٌّ مُسَلِّبٌ, meaning Verily he is unsociable and ungentle. (AZ, L, TA.)

Derived headwords

مُسَلِّبٌ
  1. 1.
أَرَاكَ مُسَلِّبًا
اـِنَّهُ لَوَحْشىٌّ مُسَلِّبٌ