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أَصْغَى ذ , applied to a man, (TA,) Having an inclining of the حَنَك; (K, TA;) or of one of the lips: (K, * TA: [see 1:]) fem. صَغْوَآءُ. (TA.) ― -b2- And the fem., applied to a قَطَاة [or bird of the species termed قَطًا], Having an inclining of its beak, and of one of its mandibles: and one says ↓ صَغْوَآءُ صَغْوَةٌ to give intensiveness to the meaning; like as one says لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, i. e. the fem., applied to the sun, Inclining to setting. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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