ضَحْيَانٌ
Root: ضحو
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ضَحْيَانٌ
, which should by rule be ضَحْوَانٌ, Anything exposing itself, or being exposed, to the sun. قُلَّةٌ ضَحْيَانَةٌ means [A mountain-top] exposed to the sun: occurring in a saying of Taäbbata-sharrà. And عَصًا ضَحْيَانَةٌ
A staff, or stick, growing in the sun so as to be matured thereby, and extremely hard.
2 See also أَضْحَى.
3 Also A man who eats in the time called الضُّحَى: fem. with ة.
2 See also أَضْحَى.
3 Also A man who eats in the time called الضُّحَى: fem. with ة.
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