صَيْحَانِىٌّ
Root: صيح
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صَيْحَانِىٌّ
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صَيْحَانٌ , A sort of dates of El-Medeeneh, black, and hard to chew: said to be so called in relation to a certain ram, named صَيْحَانُ, that was tied to a palm-tree, which was hence called نَخْلَةٌ
صَيْحَانِيَّةٌ: or the name of the ram was الصَّيَّاحُ, and صَيْحَانِىٌّ is a rel. n. changed from its proper form, like صَنْعَانِىٌّ, from صَنْعَآءُ.
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