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تَسْنِيمٌ

Root: سنم

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تَسْنِيمٌ [originally Verbal.Noun of 2, q. v.,] A certain water in Paradise; so called because running above the elevated chambers and the pavilions: mentioned in the Kur lxxxiii. 27: or a certain fountain, or source, (عَيْنٌ,) in Paradise: so they assert; and this requires its being determinate, imperfectly decl.: or, accord. to Zj, a water coming upon them from above, from the elevated chambers: or a certain fountain, or source, coming upon them from above.
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