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سَاحِيَةٌ

Root: سحو

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سَاحِيَةٌ , [from سَاحٍ,] the ة denoting intensiveness, A torrent that carries away everything; that pares and sweeps away everything.
2 And A rain that falls with vehemence, paring the surface of the earth.
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