نَاقوُسٌ
Root: نقس
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نَاقوُسٌ
The thing which the Christians strike, or beat, to notify the times of prayer, as a sign for commencing their prayer; being a piece of wood, long, and large [suspended to two cords, ] with another which is short, [with which the former is struck, or beaten,] and which is called
وَبِيلٌ: pl. نَوَاقِيسُ and نُقُسٌ, as though the ا in the sing. were imagined to be suppressed in forming the latter pl.
2 [Hence, in the present day, applied to A bell: and particularly to the bell of a church or convent.]
2 [Hence, in the present day, applied to A bell: and particularly to the bell of a church or convent.]
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