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هقع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

الهَقْعَةُ ذ Three small stars [ λ , φ 1, and φ 2, of Orion, ] forming the points of a triangle, in the head of الجُوْزاَءُ The 5th Mansion of the Moon. (El-Kazweenee.) [This is accord. to those who make نَوْءٌ to signify the “ auroral setting: ” accord. to those who make it to signify the “ auroral rising, ” these stars compose الهَنْعَةُ, q. v.; and الهَفْعَةُ seems to consist of o 1 and o 2 of Orion. ]

Derived headwords

الهَقْعَةُ
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