سَاحٌّ

Root: سح

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سَاحٌّ , after the manner of a possessive noun, and سَاحَّةٌ, the latter occurring in a trad., or, as some relate it, , which means the same, A sheep, or goat, that is fat: or that flows with grease by reason of its fatness: or full of fat: or fat in the utmost degree: [or fat, but not in the utmost degree; for] one says مَهْزُولٌ; then مَنْقٍ when it has become a little fat; then شَنُونٌ; then سَمِينٌ; then سَاحٌّ; and then مُثَرْطِمٌ, which means fat in the utmost degree: pl. سُحَّاحٌ, thus in the handwriting of J, and mentioned by Aboo-Mis-hal, or سِحَاحٌ and سُحَاحٌ, which is extr. [in form]. And لَحْمٌ سَاحٌّ Fat flesh-meant; as though, by reason of its fatness, it poured forth grease.

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