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ثَابِرٌ ثابر Suffering loss; erring, or going astray; or becoming lost, or perishing; syn. خَاسِرٌ: so in the saying of El-Kumeyt, “ مِنْ رَأْىBَ مَثْبُورٍ وَثَابِرْ
وَرَأَتْ قُضَاعَةُ فِى الأَيَا
” And Kudá'ah, in asserting their relationship to El-Yemen, formed the opinion of one who is made to suffer loss, or to err, &c., and one who is suffering loss, or erring, &c.; مثبور here meaning مَخْسُور. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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