مَاحَ

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مَاحَI , Present.T يَمِيحُ, Verbal.Noun مَيْحٌ; and ; (A, [and the same seems to be indicated in the S, where it is said that إِمْتِيَاحٌ signifies the same as مَيْحٌ;]) He descended into, or entered, the well, and filled the bucket: this is done when its water is little.
2 مَاحَ المَآءَ, Present.T يَمِيحُ; and امتاحهُ ; He drew water by descending into the well and filling the bucket.
3 مَاحَ فِى مِشْيَتِهِ, Verbal.Noun مَيْحٌ and مَيْحُوحَةٌ; and ميّح , and تمايح ; He walked in a certain elegant manner, with a self-conceited gait, and with an affected inclining of his body from side to side, like as a duck walks.
4 مَرَّ He passed along so walking, and looking at his shadow.
5 Also تميّح He inclined his body from side to side in walking: and تمايح he, or it, inclined from side to side; as also ميّح and تميّح : which last is also said of a branch, or twig. (M, L, art. رأد.)
6 السَّكْرَانُ , and , [The drunken man reels, or inclines from side to side in walking].
7 مَاحَتِ الرِّيحُ الشَّجَرَةَ The wind made the tree to incline.

def.2 ماحهُ عِنْد السُّلْطَانِ, Present.T يَمِيحُ, Verbal.Noun مَيْحٌ, He interceded for him with the Sultán.

def.3 مَاحَهُ, Present.T يَمِيحُ, Verbal.Noun مَيْحٌ and مِيَاحَةٌ; and امتاحهُ ; He gave him [a thing].
2 مَاحَ He conferred a benefit, favour, or kindness.

def.4 مَاحَ فَاهُ, بِٱلْمِسْوَاكِ Present.T يَمِيحُ, Verbal.Noun مَيْحٌ, He rubbed and cleaned his teeth with a toothstick: or [so accord. to the L; but in the K, and] he cleansed out the saliva from his mouth with the tooth-stick.

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