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غرب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

عَنْقَاآءُ مُغْرِبٌ ذ (A, K) and مُغْرِبَةٌ and مُغْرِبٍ, and العَنقَاآءُ المُغْرِبُ, (K,) A certain bird, of which the name is known, but the body is unknown: (A, K:) or a certain great bird, that goes far in its flight or they are words having no meaning [except the meanings here following]. (A, L, K.) [See also art. عنق.] ― -b2- Calamity, or misfortune. (K.) طَارَتْ بِهِ عَنْقَاآءُ مُغْرِبٌ means Calamity, or misfortune, carried him off, or away. (TA.) [See, again, art. عنق.] ― -b3- And The summit of an [ eminence of the kind called ] أَكَمَة: (K:) or العَنْقَاآءُ المُغْرِبُ signifies the summit of an أَكَمَة on the highest part of a tall, or long, mountain so says Aboo-Málik, who denies that it means a bird. (TA.) ― -b4- And [The people, or the woman,] that has gone far into a land, or country, so as not to be perceived nor seen: (K:) thus is expl. in the T العَنْقَاآءُ المُغْرِبُ, as transmitted from the Arabs, with the ة suppressed in like manner as it is in لِحْيَةٌ نَاصِلٌ meaning “ an intensely white beard. ” (TA.)

Derived headwords

عَنْقَاآءُ مُغْرِبٌ
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العَنقَاآءُ المُغْرِبُ
طَارَتْ بِهِ عَنْقَاآءُ مُغْرِبٌ
العَنْقَاآءُ المُغْرِبُ
لِحْيَةٌ نَاصِلٌ