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zbb, zbbˀ (zḇāḇ, zḇāḇā) v.n. hairiness
√ zbb vb.
hairiness
Syr
Bhcar 163:16 ܐܝܬ ܒܟ ܐܬܐ ܟܝܬ ܘܲܙܒܵܒܵܐ‏ : you have a sign and hairiness (from your parents) ; BhGr 96:26 text not cited
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See PSm and Audo 1:249 for a traditional interpretation (of a homonym?, homograph?) as "laundering". Both meanings are probably Arabisms, for there zbb means both "hairy" and "foaming".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 362[186]Payne-Smith: 1073
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