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سِوَاغٌ

Root: سوغ

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سِوَاغٌ A thing whereby one makes to enter easily into his fauces [and to pass down his throat] that which is choking him. One says, المَآءُ سِوَاغُ الغُصَصِ [Water is that whereby one makes easy of entrance into the fauces and of passage down the throat the things that are choking him].
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