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المَجَرَّةُ

Root: جر

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المَجَرَّةُ [The Milky Way in the sky;] the شَرَج of the sky; the whiteness that lies across in the sky, by the two sides of which are the نَسْرَانِ [or two constellations called النَّسْرُ الطَّائِرُ and النَّسْرُ الوَاقِعُ]: or [the tract called] الطَّرِيقُ المَحْسُوسةُ [which is probably the same; or the tract], in the sky, along which (مِنْهَا) the [wandering] stars [or planets] take their ways: or the gate of Heaven: so called because it is like the trace of the مَجَرّ [or place along which a thing has been dragged, or drawn]. Hence the prov., سِطِى تُرْطِبْ هَجَرْ Reach the middle of the sky, O milky way, (مجر being for مجرّة,) and the palm-trees of Hejer will have ripe dates.


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