سَحُولِيَّةٌ
Root: سحل
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سَحُولِيَّةٌ
Certain garments, or pieces of cloth, of cotton, white, so called in relation to
سَحُولٌ, a place, or town, of El-Yemen, where they are woven, or whence they are brought: some say سُحُولِيَّةٌ, with damm; so say Az and El-Kutabee; a rel. n. from سُحُولٌ, pl. of سَحْلٌ, meaning “ a white garment or piece of cloth of cotton; ” but this is [said to be] a mistake; or it is allowable because فُعُولٌ sometimes occurs as the measure of a sing., to which this pl. is likened; as is said in the O: or the former appellation is applied, as some say, to garments, or pieces of cloth, beaten and washed and whitened; so called in relation to سَحُولٌ meaning “ one who beats and washes and whitens clothes. ”
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