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سَنْحَآءُ

Root: سنح

Full Definition

سَنْحَآءُ [app. as meaning An incursion into the territory of an enemy taking by surprise], accord. to one reading of a trad., is from سَنَحَ الرَّأْىُ [expl. above]: but the reading commonly known is سَحَّآء [q. v.].
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