سَهْوَةٌ
Root: سهو
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سَهْوَةٌ
An instance, or a case, of unmindfulness, forgetfulness, neglectfulness, heedlessness, or inadvertence.
def.2 A rock, or great mass of stone, in the dial. of Teiyi, who call nothing else by this name: so in the M: or, accord. to the T, in that dial., the rock, or great mass of stone, upon which the waterer [app. of camels] stands: or a rock, or great mass of stone, standing up, not having any foundation [app. meaning not partly imbedded] in the ground: and in the dial. of Teiyi, a single stone, great or small.
2 A بَيْت [app. here meaning booth, or the like,] which the Arabs of the desert set up at the water, and by the shade of which they shelter themselves. A صُفَّة [or kind of roofed vestibule, or the like, or a covering for shade and shelter], between two houses: or a thing like the صُفَّة, which is before, or in the front of, houses: or [in some copies of the K “ and ”] a kind of closet (مُِخْدَع) between two chambers, in which the waterers of the camels shelter themselves: or, as some say, a small wall which is build between the two [opposite main] walls of the chamber, the roof being placed over the whole; what is in the middle [or main part] of the chamber being [called] a سَهْوَة; [see عَرْسٌ;] and what is within it, [app. behind,] a مُِخْدَع: or the like of a رَفّ and طَاق, [app. meaning a kind of arched construction with a flat top which forms a shelf, against a wall; or simply a shelf, or ledge projecting from a wall, (see رَفٌّ and طَاقٌ,)] in which, or upon which, a thing is placed: or a small بَيْت [or chamber], descending into the earth, having its roof elevated above the ground, resembling a small خِزَانَة [or closet, or storeroom], in which are [deposited] the household-goods, or furniture and utensils; thus as heard by A'Obeyd from more than one of the people of El-Yemen: or it signifies, or signifies also, four sticks, or pieces of wood, or three, which are placed crosswise, one upon another, and upon which is then put anything of the household-goods, or furniture and utensils: so in the M: and i. q. كَنْدُوجٌ, which means a small closet or store-room: and i. q. رَوْشَنٌ and كُوَّةٌ [i. e. a window, or mural aperture]: and a [kind of curtained canopy, or the like, such as is called] حَجَلَة: and a curtain, or screen, before the court, or yard, of a house, and sometimes, surrounding the house, like a wall: its pl. is سِهَآءٌ and سَهَوَاتٌ.
def.2 A rock, or great mass of stone, in the dial. of Teiyi, who call nothing else by this name: so in the M: or, accord. to the T, in that dial., the rock, or great mass of stone, upon which the waterer [app. of camels] stands: or a rock, or great mass of stone, standing up, not having any foundation [app. meaning not partly imbedded] in the ground: and in the dial. of Teiyi, a single stone, great or small.
2 A بَيْت [app. here meaning booth, or the like,] which the Arabs of the desert set up at the water, and by the shade of which they shelter themselves. A صُفَّة [or kind of roofed vestibule, or the like, or a covering for shade and shelter], between two houses: or a thing like the صُفَّة, which is before, or in the front of, houses: or [in some copies of the K “ and ”] a kind of closet (مُِخْدَع) between two chambers, in which the waterers of the camels shelter themselves: or, as some say, a small wall which is build between the two [opposite main] walls of the chamber, the roof being placed over the whole; what is in the middle [or main part] of the chamber being [called] a سَهْوَة; [see عَرْسٌ;] and what is within it, [app. behind,] a مُِخْدَع: or the like of a رَفّ and طَاق, [app. meaning a kind of arched construction with a flat top which forms a shelf, against a wall; or simply a shelf, or ledge projecting from a wall, (see رَفٌّ and طَاقٌ,)] in which, or upon which, a thing is placed: or a small بَيْت [or chamber], descending into the earth, having its roof elevated above the ground, resembling a small خِزَانَة [or closet, or storeroom], in which are [deposited] the household-goods, or furniture and utensils; thus as heard by A'Obeyd from more than one of the people of El-Yemen: or it signifies, or signifies also, four sticks, or pieces of wood, or three, which are placed crosswise, one upon another, and upon which is then put anything of the household-goods, or furniture and utensils: so in the M: and i. q. كَنْدُوجٌ, which means a small closet or store-room: and i. q. رَوْشَنٌ and كُوَّةٌ [i. e. a window, or mural aperture]: and a [kind of curtained canopy, or the like, such as is called] حَجَلَة: and a curtain, or screen, before the court, or yard, of a house, and sometimes, surrounding the house, like a wall: its pl. is سِهَآءٌ and سَهَوَاتٌ.
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