ضَاحِيَةٌ
Root: ضحو
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ضَاحِيَةٌ
An outer, exterior, or exposed, side or region or tract of anything: [pl. ضَوَاحٍ: whence] one says, هُمْ يَنْزِلُونَ الضَّوَاحِىَ [They alight, or abide, in the exterior tracts]. [Hence also,] ضَوَاحِى الرُّومِ
The exterior districts of the Greeks. And الضَّاحِيَةُ مِنَ البَعْلِ
What are in the open country, of the palm-trees that imbibe with their roots, without being watered: opposed to الضَّامِنَةُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ: (AO, S in this art. and in art. ضمن, q. v.:) and الضَّوَاحِى مِنَ النَّخْلِ
what are outside of the town-wall, of the palm-trees: thus used, الضواحى is an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant. And ضَوَاحِى
قُرَيْشٍ
Those [of Kureysh] who abide outside of Mekkeh. And هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الضَّاحِيَةِ
He is of the people of the desert. الضَّوَاحِى also signifies The parts, of a man, that stand out, or are exposed, to the sun, such as the shoulder-blades, and the shoulders: pl. of ضَاحِيَةٌ. And The sides of a watering-trough. And The heavens.
2 [Hence also,] فَعَلَهُ ضَاحِيَةً He did it openly.
3 ضَاحِيَةُ المَالِ means The cattle, or sheep or goats, that drink in the time of morning called ضُحًى.
2 [Hence also,] فَعَلَهُ ضَاحِيَةً He did it openly.
3 ضَاحِيَةُ المَالِ means The cattle, or sheep or goats, that drink in the time of morning called ضُحًى.
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