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شَمِلٌ

Root: شمل

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شَمِلٌ Wrapping, or inwrapping, himself ( مُشْتَمِلٌ ) with a شَمْلَة [q. v.].

def.2 And Thin; syn. رَقِيقٌ: thus expl. by Sh, as applied in this sense by Ibn-Mukbil to a she-camel's tail, which he terms لِيف.
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