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سبح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

المُسَبَّحَةُ ذ (A, Msb, TA) and ↓ السَّبَّاحَةُ (A, TA) (tropical:) [ The index, or fore finger; ] the finger that is next the thumb: (Msb, TA:) so called because it is like the glorifier when one makes a sign with it [by raising it] when declaring [the unity of] the divine essence. (Msb, TA. *) One says, أَشَارَ اـِلَيْهِ بِالمُسَبِّحَةِ and ↓ بِالسَّبَّاحَةِ (tropical:) [ He pointed towards him, or it, with the fore finger ]. (A, TA.)

Derived headwords

المُسَبَّحَةُ
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أَشَارَ اـِلَيْهِ بِالمُسَبِّحَةِ