سَنْخَةٌ
Root: سنخ
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سَنْخَةٌ
and
سَنَاخَةٌ
A fetid odour: and the latter, [and app. the former also,] dirt; and remains of matter used for tanning. One says بَيْتٌ لَهُ سَنْخَةٌ and
سَنَاخَةٌ or
[A tent, or house, or chamber, that has a fetid odour; as is indicated in the S and TA]. And Aboo-Kebeer says,
orفَأَتَيْتُ بَيْتًا غَيْرَ بَيْتِ
i. e. [And I came to, or and I entered,] a tent, or house, or chamber, not one of tanning-matter nor of clarified butter.فَدَخَلْتُ بَيْتًا غَيْرَ بَيْتِ
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