| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| DEFINITION: | (or ). Common Semitic * - (or * -), determinative-relative pronoun. 1. Dhu'l-Hijjah, Dhu'l-Qa'dah, from Arabic  l- ijja, the one of the pilgrimage, and  l-qacda, the one of the sitting, from  , demonstrative pronoun, possessor of. |
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