أَفْيَحُ

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أَفْيَحُ A sea, and a valley, and any place, wide, or extensive; as also فَيَّاحٌ : فَيَّاحٌ occurs in the story of Umm-Zara, accord. to A 'Obeyd, applied to a بَيْت [i. e. house, or tent]; but accord. to others, it is فَيَاحٌ , without teshdeed: [the fem. of أَفْيَحُ: and pl. فِيحٌ:] one says دَارٌ فِيْحَآءُ A wide, or an ample, house or abode: and in like manner رَوْضَةٌ [a meadow, &c.].
2 And فَيْحَآءُ signifies also A sort of thin cooked food, such as is supped, or sipped, (حَسَآءُ,) seasoned with seeds such as are used in cookery.

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