سَاحِلٌ

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سَاحِلٌ A shore of a sea or great river [and] of a river (نَهْر) like جُدٌّ; (Mgh in art. جد;) [generally, a sea-shore, seacoast, or seaboard;] and a tract of cultivated land, with towns or villages, adjacent to a sea or great river: a reversed word, by rule مَسْحُولٌ, of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, because the water abrades it, or comes upon it: or [it is a possessive epithet, like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ,] meaning having abrading water (ذُو سَاحِلٍ مِنَ المَآءِ) when the tide flows and ebbs and so sweeps away what is upon it. And The side (سِيف) of a valley. (K. in art. سيف.) Pl. سَوَاحِلُ.

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