بَرِيحٌ
Root: برح
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بَرِيحٌ
: see بَارِحٌ.
def.2 Also The croaking of the غُرَاب [or crow, of whatever species, as raven, carrion-crow, &c.].
2 [Hence,] اِبْنُ بَرِيحٍ: so in the K: in the S, أُمُّ بَرِيحٍ; but IB and Aboo-Zekereeyà say that only the former is right: [in one copy of the S, however, I find both of these:] The غُرَاب [or crow, as a generic term, applying to the raven, carrion-crow, &c.]: so called because of its cry: a determinate appellation: for the pl., the expression used is بَنَاتُ بَرِيحٍ.
3 See also بَرْحٌ.
def.3 قَوْلٌ بَرِيحٌ A saying by which one pronounces a person to have said, or done, right.
def.2 Also The croaking of the غُرَاب [or crow, of whatever species, as raven, carrion-crow, &c.].
2 [Hence,] اِبْنُ بَرِيحٍ: so in the K: in the S, أُمُّ بَرِيحٍ; but IB and Aboo-Zekereeyà say that only the former is right: [in one copy of the S, however, I find both of these:] The غُرَاب [or crow, as a generic term, applying to the raven, carrion-crow, &c.]: so called because of its cry: a determinate appellation: for the pl., the expression used is بَنَاتُ بَرِيحٍ.
3 See also بَرْحٌ.
def.3 قَوْلٌ بَرِيحٌ A saying by which one pronounces a person to have said, or done, right.
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