شمع
Root: شمع
2 entries for this word
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Entry 1
شمع II to rub, or smear, with wax, to wax (هـ s.th.) │ شمع الفتلة (fatla) to slip away, abscond, make off, decamp
Entry 2
شمع šam‘, šama‘ (coll.; n. un. ة) pl. شموع šumū‘ wax; (wax) candles │ الشمع الأحمر sealing wax; شمع الختم š. al-katm do.; شمع لتلميع الأرضية (li-talmī‘ al-araḍīya) floor wax
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