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سِخْنَةٌ

Root: سخن

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سِخْنَةٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.
2 One says also, عَلَيْكَ بِالأَمْرِ عِنْدَ سِخْنَتِهِ, meaning [Keep thou to the affair] while it is in its first state, before it become cold [i. e. unmanageable, like cold iron].
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