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سُبَاعِىٌّ

Root: سبع

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سُبَاعِىٌّ A garment, or piece of cloth, seven cubits, or seven spans, in length.
2 A great and tall camel; [as though seven cubits in height:] fem. with ة. . And سُبَاعِىُّ البَدَنِ, applied to a man, has the like meaning; complete, or full-grown, in body; [or seven spans in height; for] when a boy has attained seven spans, he is a man. (S, voce خُمَاسِىٌّ, q. v.)
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