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سَاطِعٌ

Root: سطع

Full Definition

سَاطِعٌ Rising: or spreading, or diffusing itself: [and radiating, gleaming, or shining:] applied [to dust, and] to the dawn, and to light, and to fire [&c.]: applied to the dawn, it denotes that extending lengthwise into the sky, and called ذَنَبُ السِّرْحَانِ [q. v.].
2 Also The dawn [itself]; and so سَطِيعٌ ; because of its shining, and spreading; when it first breaks, extending lengthwise.
3 نَاقَةٌ سَاطِعَةٌ A she-camel having the front of the neck, and the [whole] neck, extended.
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