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سَقِىٌّ

Root: سقى

Full Definition

سَقِىٌّ : see سِقْىٌ, last sentence, in two places.
2 Also A cloud having large drops [of rain], vehement in the falling [thereof]: [like رَمِىٌّ and رَوِىٌّ:] pl. أَسْقِيَةٌ.
3 And The papyrus (بَرْدِىّ): or tender papyrus: so called because of its growing in, or near to, water: occurring in a verse of Imra-el- Keys, cited voce مُذَلَّلٌ: (S, TA: [but see what is said under this word, مذلّل: and see Ham p. 555:]) n. un. سَقِيَّةٌ.
4 And Palm-trees; and سَقِيَّةٌ signifies [the same, or] palmtrees that are irrigated by means of water-wheels (دَوَالٍ, [pl. of دَالِيَةٌ, q. v.]).
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