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سبح
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaالمُسَبَّحَةُ 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