Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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هنر هنع هنقب


الهَنْعَةُ

الهَنْعَةُ Two white stars, [g and c of Gemini,] between which is the space of the length of a whip, in the Milky Way; one of which is called الزَرُّ, the other المَيْسَانُ.

Root: هنع - Entry: الهَنْعَةُ Signification: A2

The 6th Mansion of the Moon. (El-Ḳazweenee)

Root: هنع - Entry: الهَنْعَةُ Signification: A3

Or The three stars [l, f 1, and f 2,] in the face of Orion. (Idem, descr. of Orion.) [The former accord. to those who make نَوْءٌ to signify the “auroral setting:” the latter accord. to those who make it to signify the “auroral rising:” accord. to those who make it to have the first of these two significations, the three stars in the face of Orion compose الهَقْعَةُ, q. v.] See التَّحَايِى, in art. حى.


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