سِخَابٌ

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سِخَابٌ A necklace (قِلَادَة) made of [the composition termed] سُكّ and of other things, without any jewels: or a قِلَادَة of cloves and سُكّ and مَحْلَب [q. v.], without jewels, and without pearls: and likewise, of gold: and of silver: or, accord. to Az, it is, with the Arabs, any قِلَادَة, whether with jewels or without: accord. to IAth, a string on which are strung beads, worn by boys and by girls: it is thus called because of the sound of its beads when in motion: pl. سُخُبٌ. [Hence] one says, وَجَدْتُكَ وَارِثَ السِّخَابِ [I have found thee to be the inheritor of the سخاب], meaning, like the boy that has no knowledge.

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