سَحَاةٌ
Root: سحو
Full Definition
def.2 A certain thorny tree; the fruit thereof is white: it is a herb in the spring-season, as long as it remains green: when it dries up in the hot season, it is a tree.
def.3 A bat: pl. سَحًا ; or [rather] it is the n. un. of سَحًا, which is syn. with خُفَّاشٌ [used as a gen. n.]: and سِحَآءٌ is a dial. var. of سَحًا used in this sense, accord. to Az.
def.4 I. q. سَاحَةٌ [i. e. The court, or open area, of a house]: formed from the latter word by transposition: one says, لَا أَرَيَنَّكَ بِسَحْسَحِى وَسَحَاتِى [I will assuredly not see thee in my quarter, or tract, and my court]. And I. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [A side, region, quarter, or tract, &c.].
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