ضِحٌّ

Root: ضح

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ضِحٌّ The sun: and the light of the sun, when it has possession of the ground: or the light of the sun upon the surface of the ground; sunshine; contr. of ظِلٌّ: accord. to AHeyth, originally وِضْحٌ, the و being rejected and a ح added to the radical ح; but correctly, it is originally ضِحْىٌ, from ضحيت الشمس [app. a mistranscription for ضَحِيتُ لِلشَّمْسِ]: also land, or ground, that lies open and exposed to the sun: and what is shone upon, or smitten, by the sun: it has no pl. in any of these senses. It is said in a trad., لَا يَقْعُدَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ بَيْنَ الضِّحِّ وَالظِّلِّ فَإِنَّهُ مَقْعَدُ الشَّيْطَانِ [None of you shall sit between the sunshine and the shade, for it is the sitting-place of the devil]; meaning half of him in the sun and half of him in the shade. And one says, جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِالضِّحِّ وَالرِّيحِ Such a one came with, or brought, that upon which the sun had risen, and that upon which the wind had blown; meaning, abundance, or much; or much property, or many cattle: [F asserts that] one should not say بالضِّيحِ, i. e. بِالضِّيحِ وَالرِّيحِ: this the vulgar say, but [J affirms that] it is nought: several, however, assert that الضِّيح is correct: [and the author of the K, who disallows it in this art., authorizes it in art. ضيح, q. v.:] Kr, also, is related to have said that الضِيحُ signifies “ the sun ” and “ its light; ” and is said to signify “ what is exposed to the sun: ” and a poet says, وَالشَّمْسُ فِى اللُّجَّةِ ذَاتِ الضِّيحِ [And the sun in the abyss of sunlight]: Aboo-Mis-hal, moreover, mentions, in his “ Nawádir, ” the saying, اُسْتُعْمِلَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى الضِّيحِ وَالرِّيحِ [meaning Such a one was employed as manager of much property]. مَاتَ عَنِ الضِّحِّ وَالرِّيحِ, occurring in a trad., is rendered agreeably with the explanation of the saying in a trad. mentioned above, and means He died leaving much property. And it is said of the Prophet, in a trad., يَكُونُ فِى الضِّحِّ وَالرِّيحِ He will be exposed to the heat of the sun and the blowing of the winds; meaning, accord. to Hr, he will be attended by, or in the midst of, numerous horsemen and military forces.

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