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مُنْشَأٌ

Root: نشأ

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مُنْشَأٌ and مُسْتَنْشَأٌ A beacon, or sign of the way, raised and pointed. [See the verbs.]
2 Also, the former, An elevated hill.
3 الجَوَارِى المسْشَآتُ [Kur, lv. 24,] The ships with elevated sails: or, accord. to one reading, , The ships elevating their sails: or, advancing and retiring; or coming and going: or, commencing their courses.
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