السُّهَا
Root: سهو
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السُّهَا
[often written السُّهَى] A certain dim star, in [the asterism called] بَنَات نَعْش الكُبْرَى, (S, [in the K, erroneously, بنات نعش الصُّغْرَى,]) by the middle star of those thus called; [i. e.] a small star by that called
العَنَاقُ, by looking at which persons try their powers of sight; mentioned in art. قود [voce قَائِدٌ, q. v.]; [it is the star 80, by
ζ ;] also called
السُّهَيَّا , which is the diminutive. It is said in a prov., أُرِيهَا
السُّهَا وَتُرِينِى القَمَرَ [I show her Es-Suhà and she shows me the moon]. And one says, أَنَّى يَلْتَقِى سُهَيْلٌ وَالسُّهَا
How can Suheyl [or Canopus] meet Es-Suhà? for the former is southern and the latter is northern.
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