سِقآءٌ

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سِقآءٌ A skin, or a قِرْبَة, [i. e.] a skin of a young goat or sheep when it has entered its second year, used for water and for milk, or, accord. to ISd, only for water: it is termed اِبْنُ أَدِيمٍ [made of one hide; but there are larger sorts]; and if larger, it is termed اِبْنُ أَدِيمَيْنِ [made of two hides], and اِبْنُ ثَلَاثَةِ آدِمَةٍ [made of three hides]: (T and TA in art. بنى:) accord. to ISk, the وَطْب is peculiarly for milk; and the نِحْى, for clarified butter; and the قِرْبَة, for water: the pl. is أَسْقِيَةٌ and أَسْقِيَاتٌ and أَسَاقٍ, or this last is a pl. pl.
2 See also 4, last sentence.
3 [And see a phrase voce حِذَآءٌ, in art. حذو, where it is applied to The stomach of a camel, in which water is stored.]

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