سَحَلَهُ
Root: سحل
Form: 1
Full Definition
سَحَلَهُI
, aor
ـَ Verbal.Noun سَحْلٌ, He pared it; peeled it; or stripped off, scraped off, rubbed off, abraded, or otherwise removed, its outer covering or integument, or superficial part: or he pared, peeled, or stripped, it off: this is the primary signification: and he filed it. It is said in a trad., فَجَعَلَتْ تَسْحَلُهَا لَهُ, i. e. And she betook herself to paring off from it the flesh that was upon it for him: or, as some relate it, تَسْحَاهَا, which means the same.
2 [Hence,] الرِّيَاحُ تَسْحَلُ الأَرْضَ
3 And سَحَلَهُ مِائَةَ سَوْطٍ, Verbal.Noun as above,
4 And سَحَلَ فُلَانٌ
5 سَحَلْتُ الشَّىْءَ i. q. سَحَقْتُهُ [I bruised, brayed, or pounded, the thing: or pulverized it: &c.].
6 سَحَلَ الثِّيَابَ He washed the clothes, [beating them in doing so,] and removed [or rubbed off] from them the soils.
7 سَحَلْتُ الدَّرَاهِمَ I made the pieces of money smooth. Accord. to ISk,
def.2 سَحَلَ الثَّوْبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He wove the garment, or piece of cloth, of spun thread not formed of two twists: or he wove it without having twisted its warp [i. e. without having made its warp to consist of threads of two twists].
2 And سَحَلْتُ الحَبْلَ I formed the rope of a single twist; and accord. to some, one says also , but the former is the chaste expression. [Hence,] سُحِلَتْ مَرِيرَةُ فُلَانٍ is said of one whose strength has become weakened; meaning
3 سَحَلَ القِرَآءَةَ, Verbal.Noun سَحْلٌ, He performed the reading, or recitation, in consecutive portions, continuously: and some relate it with ج [i. e. سَجَلَ]: سَحْلٌ is syn. with سَرْدٌ, signifying the making [a thing] to be consecutive in its parts, or portions.
4 بَاتَتِ السَّمَآءُ تَسْحَلُ لَيْلَتَهَا
5 And سَحَلَتِ العَيْنُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun سَحْلٌ and سُحُولٌ,
def.3 سَحَلَ, Present.T ـِ and ـَ Verbal.Noun سَحِيلٌ and سُحَالٌ, (S, * K, [the latter Verbal.Noun erroneously written in the CK سِحال,]) He made a rolling sound in his chest; whence the ass of the desert is called مِسْحَلٌ : (S: [see also سَحِيلٌ below:]) he brayed.
2 [Hence,] الرِّيَاحُ تَسْحَلُ الأَرْضَ
3 And سَحَلَهُ مِائَةَ سَوْطٍ, Verbal.Noun as above,
4 And سَحَلَ فُلَانٌ
5 سَحَلْتُ الشَّىْءَ i. q. سَحَقْتُهُ [I bruised, brayed, or pounded, the thing: or pulverized it: &c.].
6 سَحَلَ الثِّيَابَ He washed the clothes, [beating them in doing so,] and removed [or rubbed off] from them the soils.
7 سَحَلْتُ الدَّرَاهِمَ I made the pieces of money smooth. Accord. to ISk,
def.2 سَحَلَ الثَّوْبَ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He wove the garment, or piece of cloth, of spun thread not formed of two twists: or he wove it without having twisted its warp [i. e. without having made its warp to consist of threads of two twists].
2 And سَحَلْتُ الحَبْلَ I formed the rope of a single twist; and accord. to some, one says also , but the former is the chaste expression. [Hence,] سُحِلَتْ مَرِيرَةُ فُلَانٍ is said of one whose strength has become weakened; meaning
3 سَحَلَ القِرَآءَةَ, Verbal.Noun سَحْلٌ, He performed the reading, or recitation, in consecutive portions, continuously: and some relate it with ج [i. e. سَجَلَ]: سَحْلٌ is syn. with سَرْدٌ, signifying the making [a thing] to be consecutive in its parts, or portions.
4 بَاتَتِ السَّمَآءُ تَسْحَلُ لَيْلَتَهَا
5 And سَحَلَتِ العَيْنُ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun سَحْلٌ and سُحُولٌ,
def.3 سَحَلَ, Present.T ـِ and ـَ Verbal.Noun سَحِيلٌ and سُحَالٌ, (S, * K, [the latter Verbal.Noun erroneously written in the CK سِحال,]) He made a rolling sound in his chest; whence the ass of the desert is called مِسْحَلٌ : (S: [see also سَحِيلٌ below:]) he brayed.
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