Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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الهَقْعَةُ

الهَقْعَةُ Three small stars [λ, φ 1, and φ 2, of Orion,] forming the points of a triangle, in the head of الجُوْزاَءُ The 5th Mansion of the Moon. (El-Ḳazweenee.) [This is accord. to those who make نَوْءٌ to signify the “auroral setting:” accord. to those who make it to signify the “auroral rising,” these stars compose الهَنْعَةُ, q. v.; and الهَفْعَةُ seems to consist of ο 1 and ο 2 of Orion.]


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