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سَحْقٌ

Root: سحق

Full Definition

سَحْقٌ An old and worn-out garment, that has become thin, and threadbare; also used as a prefixed noun, so that you say سَحْقُ ثَوْبٍ [meaning as above], and سَحْقُ بُرْدٍ [an old and worn-out بُرْد], and سَحْقُ عِمَامَةٍ [an old and worn-out turban]: and one says ثَوْبٌ سَحْقٌ, [using it as an epithet,] and ثَوْبٌ سَحِقٌ , and ثَوْبٌ مُنْسَحِقٌ likewise signifies an old and worn-out garment: سَحْقٌ applied to a garment is an Verbal.Noun used as a subst.: the pl. is سُحُوقٌ. Hence one says سَحْقُ دِرْهَمٍ, meaning A [bad] dirhem [or] such as is termed زَائِفٌ.
2 Also A pastor's bag (كِنْفٌ): so in a verse cited voce خُفٌّ. (S in art. خف.)
3 And Thin clouds: likened to an old and worn-out garment.
4 And The mark, or scar, of a gall, or sore, on the back of a camel, when it has healed, and the place thereof has become white: [like سَلْقٌ and سَلَقٌ.]
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