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وعب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَدْعٌ مُوعَبٌ ذ , (also written مُوعِبٌ, TA,) A mutilation of the nose, ear, hand, or lip, by which it is extirpated. One says, in reviling, جَدَعَهُ اللّٰه جَدْعًا موعبًا May God mutilate him by an utter mutilation of the nose, &c.! (S.)

Derived headwords

جَدْعٌ مُوعَبٌ
  1. 1.
اللّٰه جَدْعًا موعبًا