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السَّبَّابَةُ

Root: سب

Full Definition

السَّبَّابَةُ , an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, [The index, or fore finger;] the finger that is next to the thumb and middle-finger; between these two; as also السِّبَّةُ : so called because one [often] points with it in reviling: called by persons praying المُسَبِّحَةُ and السَّبَّاحَةُ [because it is raised in asserting the unity of God]. (TA in the present art. and in art. سبح.)


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