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مَسَاحٌ

Root: سيح

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مَسَاحٌ or مَسَاحَةٌ, the latter of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, from السِّيَاحَةُ, [each app. meaning A place of سِيَاحَة, or journeying,] is sing. of مَسَايِحُ, in which the ى is like that in مَعَايِشُ, as in other similar words of which the medial radical is an infirm letter, except مَصَائِبُ, by rule مَصَاوِبُ.
2 [The pl. مَسَايِحُ is also expl. by Freytag as applied in the Deewán of Jereer to The part of the head between the temples as far as the forehead .]
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