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سَحُوقٌ

Root: سحق

Full Definition

سَحُوقٌ Tall; applied to a palm-tree; as also سُيْحُوقٌ; and to a he-ass and to a she-ass; and by some, metaphorically, to a woman; and سَوْحَقٌ signifies the same, applied to a man; and الرِّجْلَيْنِ long in respect of the legs: or سَحُوقٌ applied to a palm-tree signifies tall so that its fruit is far above the gatherer; As says, I know not whether that be with a bending: or, accord. to Sh, so applied, smooth and tall, having no stumps of the branches remaining [upon the trunk]; and to such the neck of a horse is likened by a poet: and applied to a he-ass and to a she-ass, tall, and advanced in age: pl. سُحُقٌ, like رُسُلٌ, or سُحْقٌ. One says also جَنَّةٌ سُحُقٌ, meaning A garden of tall palm-trees.
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