مَصَامٌ
Root: صوم
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مَصَامٌ
2 And مَصَامُ النَّجْمِ
3 One says also, جِئْتُهُ وَالشَّمْسُ فِى مَصَامِهَا, meaning
2 And مَصَامُ النَّجْمِ
[As though the Pleiades were hung, in their place of suspension, by means of ropes of flax, to hard and solid rocks: i. e. they seemed as though they were stationary: he means that the night was tedious to him].كَأَنَّ الثُّرَيَّا عُلّقَتْ فِى مَصَامِهَا بِأَمْرَاسِ كَتَّانٍ إِلَى صُمِّ جَنْدَلِ
3 One says also, جِئْتُهُ وَالشَّمْسُ فِى مَصَامِهَا, meaning
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