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حَسَآءٌ

Root: حسو

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حَسَآءٌ A well-known kind of food; soup; i. e. what is supped, or sipped; thin cooked food, that is supped, or sipped, such as is prepared for one who has a complaint of his chest, made of flour and water and oil or grease, and sometimes sweetened: also called حَسُوٌّ and حَسِيَّةٌ and and حَسْوٌ ; the last two, the latter of which is like the Verbal.Noun, mentioned by IAar, but regarded by ISd as of doubtful authority. See also حُسْوَةٌ.
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