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شلياق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

الشَّلْيَاقُ ذ A certain northern constellation, [namely, Lyra, ] consisting of ten stars, the bright star [alpha] of which is called النَّسْرُ الوَاقِعُ: the Arabs liken it to a vulture (نَسْر) which has contracted its wings to itself, as though it had alighted upon a thing: the vulgar call [ the three chief stars in ] it الأَثَافِى: and before the bright star is a dim star which the Arabs call الأَظْفَار [i. e. the talons ]. (Kzw. [Not in any of my Lexicons.])

Derived headwords

الشَّلْيَاقُ
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النَّسْرُ الوَاقِعُ