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عبء ‘ib’ pl. أعباء a’bā’ load, burden (على on), encumbrance (على to)
Root: ع-ب-ء
Page: 685*
Example: “أصبَحَ السِرُّ عِبْءاً عَلَيها”
Translation: “the secret became a burden upon her”
* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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