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ثِمْنٌ

Root: ثمن

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ثِمْنٌ The eighth young one or offspring. (A in art. ثلث.)

def.2 One of the periods between two drinkings, or waterings, of camels: [or the end of one of those periods; namely, the night of coming to water which is] the eighth night of a period between two drinkings, or waterings, of camels, [counting the night of the next preceding drinking, or watering, as the first: see رِبْعٌ and خِمْسٌ &c.] See also 4.
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