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ويب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

وَيْبَةٌ ذ A measure consisting of twenty-two, or twenty-four, أَمْدَاد (pl. of مُدٌّ), which see in art. مك. (K.) Not mentioned by J nor by IF; and IDrd doubted respecting it. In truth it is a post-classical word, used by the people of Syria and Egypt and Africa Proper. (TA.) [At present, the ويبة in Cairo is the sixth part of an اـِرْدَبّ, which latter is equivalent, very nearly, to five English bushels.]

Derived headwords

وَيْبَةٌ
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