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سَعْوَةٌ

Root: سعو

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سَعْوَةٌ : see سِعْوٌ, in two places.

def.2 Also i. q. شَمْعَةٌ or شَمَعَةٌ [i. e. A piece of wax, or a candle]: in the K, السمعة is erroneously put for الشمعة: [so in the TA; but it is omitted in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K:] pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] سَعْوٌ .
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