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مَسَآءٌ

Root: مسى

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مَسَآءٌ Afternoon, counted from noon to sunset: or, accord. to some, to midnight: contr. of صَبَاح: and evening, after sunset.
2 أَتَيْتُهُ ذَا مَسَآءٍ [I came to him in the evening]. (IAar, TA, art. صبح.) See صَبَاحٌ.
3 أَتَيْتُةُ صَبَاحًا مَسَآءً: see صَبَاحٌ.
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