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أَبَحٌّ

Root: بح

Full Definition

أَبَحٌّ , applied to a man, or أَبَحٌّ الصَّوْتِ, Having a hoarse, rough, harsh, or gruff, voice: fem. بَحَّآءُ; with which is syn.: pl. بُحٌّ. بَاحٌّ is not allowable.
2 And أَبَحُّ applied to a lute (عُودٌ), Rough in sound.
3 Also The base, or thick, chord of a lute; syn. بَمُّ; because of its rough sound.
4 A [gold coin of the kind called] دِينَار; because of its harsh sound [when one rings it].

def.2 A قِدْح [or gaming-arrow] by means of which lots, or portions, are divided: pl. بُحٌّ: or such an arrow that has no sound. Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh says, قَرَوْا أَضْيَافَهُمْ رَبَحًا بِبُحٍّ يَعِيشُ بِفَضْلِهِنَّ الحَىُّ سُمْرِ [They entertained their guests with young weaned she-camels, on the superabundant remains of which the tribe lived, by means of tawny-coloured gaming-arrows whereby the lots that determined who should afford the entertainment were divided: or, accord. to the TA, ربحا here signifies fat, as a subst.; but this is inconsistent with the affixed pronoun relating to it].
2 Fat, as an epithet, not a subst.
3 كِسْرٌ أَبَحُّ [A portion of a limb, &c.,] having much fat.
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