قبس
Root: قبس
2 entries for this word
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Entry 1
قبس qabasa i (qabs) to derive, acquire, loan, borrow, adopt, take over (من هـ s.th. from) VIII to take, or seek to take, fire (من from, also نارا من); to acquire or seek to acquire knowledge (من from, also علما من); to learn (هـ s.th.); to loan, borrow, adopt, take over (من or هـ عن s.th. from)
Entry 2
قبس qabas firebrand; live coal
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