سَانِيَةٌ

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سَانِيَةٌ [a subst. from سَانٍ, made so by the affix ة,] A she-camel, or a camel, a he-camel as well as a she-camel, upon which water is drawn from a [deep] well [by a man riding or leading it away from the well, it having the two extremities of a long rope tied to the saddle, and the upper end of the wellrope being tied to the middle of the former rope, as expl. voce ثِنَايَةٌ]; i. q. نَاضِحَةٌ: [it seems also to signify, sometimes, a camel that carries water for irrigating seed-produce; a meaning likewise assigned to نَاضِحَةٌ and نَاضِحٌ:] and a beast (دابّة) that turns round about a well [raising water from it by means of the machine called دُولَاب]: pl. سَوَانٍ. Hence the prov., سَيْرُ السَّوَانِى سَفَرٌ لَا يَنْقَطِعْ [The course of the beasts that draw water in either of the ways described above is a journey that does not end].
2 Also the غَرْب [or large bucket with which water is drawn] together with its gear, or apparatus.
3 And A cloud watering the earth.

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