مِصْبَاحٌ
Root: صبح
Full Definition
def.2 Also A large [drinking-vessel of the kind called] قَدَح; and so مِصْبَحٌ : or مَصَابِيحُ [the pl. of the former] signifies the [vessels called] أَقْدَاح [pl. of قَدَح] with which one drinks the morning-draught called صَبُوح.
2 And A she-camel that remains in the morning in the place where she has lain down, not going forth to pasture, until the sun has risen high, by reason of her strength and her fatness: the quality thus described is approved: and such a she-camel is also termed مِصْبَحٌ : pl. of the former as above.
3 And A wide spear-head; [app. of such as are termed أَسِنَّةٌ صُبَاحِيَّةٌ;] as also مِصْبَحٌ .
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