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سَقَّآءٌ

Root: سقى

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سَقَّآءٌ ; and the fem. سَقَّآءَةٌ and سَقَّايَةٌ: see سَاقٍ, in six places.
2 السَّقَّآءُ is also the appellation of A certain intelligent bird, that draws water for itself. [It is applied in the present day, by some, to The pelican: and by some, to the aquiline vulture; commonly called the رَخَم.]
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