قَرَاحٌ
Root: قرح
Full Definition
قَرَاحٌ
Clear, pure, or free from admixture; as also
قَرِيحٌ . or water not mixed with camphor nor with [any of the perfumes called] حَنُوط
nor with any other thing: or water not mixed with aught of
سَوِيق, or with dregs of
سويق, nor any other thing: such as is drunk after food. And Water mixed [thus in the L, and hence in the TA, probably a mistake of a copyist for not mixed] with something to give it a sweet taste, as honey, and dates, and raisins.
2 Also, (or أَرْضٌ قَرَاحٌ, A,) A place of seed-produce, having no building upon it, nor any trees in it: or land lying open to view, containing neither water nor trees, and not intermixed with anything: or land having in it no herbage nor any places of growth of herbage: or any piece of land by itself, having in it no trees nor any intermixture of a place exuding water and producing salt: or any piece of land by itself, in which palm-trees &c. grow: or land cleared for sowing and planting: as also قِرْوَاحٌ and قِرْيَاحٌ and قِرْحِيَآءُ : or قِرْوَاحٌ signifies land lying open to the sun, not intermixed with anything: or [a place] exposed to the sky, not concealed from it by anything: or a wide tract of land: or a wide, or plain and wide, expanse of land, not having in it any trees, and not intermixed with anything: or a hard and even tract of land, and a plain tract in which the water is not retained, somewhat elevated, but having an even surface, from which the water flows off to the right and left: the pl. of قَرَاحٌ is أَقْرِحَةٌ, or, as some say, this is pl. of .
2 Also, (or أَرْضٌ قَرَاحٌ, A,) A place of seed-produce, having no building upon it, nor any trees in it: or land lying open to view, containing neither water nor trees, and not intermixed with anything: or land having in it no herbage nor any places of growth of herbage: or any piece of land by itself, having in it no trees nor any intermixture of a place exuding water and producing salt: or any piece of land by itself, in which palm-trees &c. grow: or land cleared for sowing and planting: as also قِرْوَاحٌ and قِرْيَاحٌ and قِرْحِيَآءُ : or قِرْوَاحٌ signifies land lying open to the sun, not intermixed with anything: or [a place] exposed to the sky, not concealed from it by anything: or a wide tract of land: or a wide, or plain and wide, expanse of land, not having in it any trees, and not intermixed with anything: or a hard and even tract of land, and a plain tract in which the water is not retained, somewhat elevated, but having an even surface, from which the water flows off to the right and left: the pl. of قَرَاحٌ is أَقْرِحَةٌ, or, as some say, this is pl. of .
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