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- Arabic · calque ofصُبْح كَاذِب
- English todayfalse dawn
From false + dawn, calque of Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب (ṣubḥ kāḏib).
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false dawn
Today it means: A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world. Full definition →
Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب