ذَبَّابٌ ذ A man who repels from, or defends, with energy, his wife, or wives, or the like; as also ↓ مِذَبٌّ . (M, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] يِوْمٌ ذَبَّابٌ (tropical:) A sultry day in which the wild animals are infested by numerous gnats, and drive them away with their tails: the act being thus attributed to the day. (A.) -A2- See also what next follows.
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