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سَخِىٌّ

Root: سخو

Full Definition

سَخِىٌّ Liberal, bountiful, munificent, or generous; as also سَاخٍ and سَخٍ : fem. of the first with ة: pl. masc. أَسْخِيَآءُ and سُخَوَآءُ: and pl. fem. سَخِيَّاتٌ and سَخَايَا.
2 [Hence,] one says, إِنَّهُ لَسَخِىُّ النَّفْسِ عَنْهُ [Verily he is content to leave, or relinquish, it].

def.2 See also 1, last sentence.
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