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سَدَفٌ

Root: سدف

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سَدَفٌ : see سُدْفَةٌ, in three places.
2 Also The night.
3 And The daybreak, or dawn: and the advent thereof: and the whiteness of day.

def.2 Also A ewe: or such as has a blackness like that of night.
2 And سَدَفْ سَدَفْ is A call to the ewe to be milked.
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