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• شَهَابٌ

  شَهَابٌ and شُهَابَةٌ Milk mixed with much water: or a mixture of which one third is milk and the rest water: Az heard several of the Arabs apply the former term to milk mixed with water: so called on account of the alte…

• شِهَابٌ

  شِهَابٌ , in its primary acceptation, A شُعْلَة [i. e. either brand or flame ] of fire: or a شُعْلَة of fire gleaming or radiating: accord. to ISk, a firebrand; i. e. a stick in which is fire: or, accord. to AHeyth, orig…