شَفَهِىٌّ
Root: شفه
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شَفَهِىٌّ
and شَفِىٌّ are both allowable as rel. ns. of شَفَةٌ [i. e. as meaning Labial: and so, accord. to some, is شَفَوِىٌّ]. الحُرُوفُ الشَّفَهِيَّةُ and الشَّفَوِيَّةُ, or the latter is not allowable, [i. e. The labial letters,] are ب
and
ف
and
م: [or, accord. to Lumsden , ب
and
م
and
و: and, it seems, accord. to some, ج
and
ش
and
ض, which is strange:] so called because their place of utterance is from the شَفَة, without any action of the tongue.
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