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صَحِيفٌ

Root: صحف

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صَحِيفٌ [appears from what here follows, to be syn. with صَحِيفَةٌ , or rather it is a coll. gen. n. of which the latter is the n. un.:] The surface of the ground or earth; as being likened to the thing [i. e. paper or skin] that is written upon.
2 See also the next paragraph.
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