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شَهَابٌ

Root: شهب

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شَهَابٌ and شُهَابَةٌ Milk mixed with much water: or a mixture of which one third is milk and the rest water: Az heard several of the Arabs apply the former term to milk mixed with water: so called on account of the alteration of its colour.
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