فَحًا
Root: فحو
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فَحًا
and فِحًى, the former of which is the more common, The seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning the food; as also
فَحْوَآءُ : or the dry thereof: pl. أَفْحَآءٌ; which is said by IAth to signify the [seeds called] تَوَابِل
of the cooking-pot, such as pepper and cumin-seed and the like thereof. And it is said to signify particularly The onion, or onions collectively. Thus in a trad. of Mo'áwiyeh, in which he is related to have said to a party who came to him, كُلُوا مِنْ فَحَا أَرْضِنَا
فَقَلَّ مَا أَكَلَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ فَحَا أَرْضٍ فَضَرَّهُمْ مَاؤُهَا [Eat ye of the seasoning of our land for rarely have people eaten of the seasoning of a land and the water thereof has harmed them].
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