صَرْحَةٌ
Root: صرح
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صَرْحَةٌ
The court, or open area, of a house; i. e. a spacious vacant part or portion thereof, in which is no building; its عَرْصَة, or its سَاحَة [which means the same]: pl. صَرَحَاتٌ.
2 And A tract of ground that is hard and elevated and even: or a tract that is even, and open to view, of ground, and of a place where camels or other animals are confined, or where dates are dried, and of a house or dwelling: or a tract that is even, and of goodly appearance, though not open to view: Aboo-Aslam asserts it to mean a [desert tract such as is called] صَحْرَآء.
3 [Hence, app.,] one says, خَرَجَ لَهُمْ صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ, or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ, or صَرْحَةً بَرْحَةً, He went forth openly, or into the field [of battle], to them: and أِنَّ خُرُوجَ صَرْحَةٍ بَرْحَةٍ لَكَثِيرٌ, or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ, or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ, [accord. to SM,] with fet-h in the end of each [app. in the former phrase], and with tenween in each [app. in the latter phrase], [i. e. Verily the going forth openly, or into the field of battle, is frequent. See also صَحْرَة, and بَحْرَة.]
2 And A tract of ground that is hard and elevated and even: or a tract that is even, and open to view, of ground, and of a place where camels or other animals are confined, or where dates are dried, and of a house or dwelling: or a tract that is even, and of goodly appearance, though not open to view: Aboo-Aslam asserts it to mean a [desert tract such as is called] صَحْرَآء.
3 [Hence, app.,] one says, خَرَجَ لَهُمْ صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ, or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ, or صَرْحَةً بَرْحَةً, He went forth openly, or into the field [of battle], to them: and أِنَّ خُرُوجَ صَرْحَةٍ بَرْحَةٍ لَكَثِيرٌ, or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ, or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ, [accord. to SM,] with fet-h in the end of each [app. in the former phrase], and with tenween in each [app. in the latter phrase], [i. e. Verily the going forth openly, or into the field of battle, is frequent. See also صَحْرَة, and بَحْرَة.]
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