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مُدَابَرٌ مدابر applied to a place of abode, Contr. of مُقَابَلٌ. (M.) You say, هٰذَا جَارِى مُقَابَلِى and مُدَابَرِى [This is my neighbour in front of me and in rear of me]. (TA in art. قبل.) ― -b2- مُدَابَرَةٌ applied to a ewe or she-goat: see إِِدْبَارَةٌ: so applied, Having a portion of the hinder part of her ear cut, and left hanging down, not separated: and also when it is separated: and مُقَابَلَةٌ is applied in like manner to one having a portion of the extremity [or fore part] of the ear so cut: (As, T:) and the former, applied to a she-camel, having her ear slit in the part next the back of the neck: or having a piece cut off from that part of her ear: and in like manner applied to a ewe or she-goat: also an ear cut, or slit, in the hinder part. (M.) [It seems that a she-camel had her ear thus cut if of generous race. And hence,] نَاقَةٌ مُقَابَلَةٌ مُدَابَرَةٌ (tropical:) A she-camel of generous race by sire and dam. (T, TA.) And فُلَانٌ مُقَابَلٌ وَ مُدَابَرٌ (tropical:) Such a one is of pure race, (S, K,) or of generous, or noble, race, (A,) by both parents: (S, A, K:) accord. to As, (S,) from الإِِقْبَالَةُ and الإِِدْبَارَةُ. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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