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سَمَاوَةٌ

Root: سمو

Full Definition

سَمَاوَةٌ : see سَمَآءٌ, in three places.
2 Also The form, or figure, seen from a distance, [or] such as is high, or elevated, of anything; and the aspect thereof: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] سَمَآءٌ and سَمَاوٌ ; the latter mentioned by Ks. El-'Ajjáj says, سَمَآوَةُ الهِلَالِ حَتَّى ٱحْقَوْقَفَا [The form, &c., of the moon when near the change, until it became curved].
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