| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: |  d. |
| DEFINITION: | Central Semitic noun * a (a)d-, lion. Denebola, from Arabic al- asad, the lion. |
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