استسقى

Form: 10

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استسقىX He sought, or demanded, drink (سِقْيًا, K, TA, [in the CK سَقْيًا,] i. e. مَا يُشْرَبُ, TA); منْهُ [from him]; as also استقى . (K, TA. [In the CK is immediately added after this explanation, وسَقِيًّا: but this is a mistranscription for وَتَقَيَّأَ; expressing another signification of these two verbs, which will be expl. below.]) And He asked, begged, or prayed, for rain; i. q. اِسْتَمْطَرَ (S in art. مطر, and Msb. *) [Hence, صَلَاةُ الاِسْتِسْقَآءِ The prayer of the petitioning for rain. And استسقى لَهَا He said سَقَاهَاٱللّٰهُ May God send down rain upon it, namely, a land: see Har p. 300.]
2 And He constrained himself to vomit; or vomited intentionally; syn. تَقَيَّأَ; [see a statement above, in this paragraph, respecting a mistranscription in the CK;] as also استقى ; mentioned by ISd.
3 See also 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph.

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