siḥliyya

lizard

سِحْلِيَّة

Word

Noun · pattern فِعْلِيَّة

Root

س ح ل

Forms

Plurals
سَحالِي، سَحال

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • سَحَلَهُ Form I He pared it; peeled it
    , aor , (K,) inf. n. سَحْلٌ, (S, TA,) He pared it; peeled it; or stripped off, scraped off, rubbed off, abraded, or otherwise removed, its outer covering or integument, or superficial part: or he pared, peeled, or stripped, it off: (S, K, TA:) this is the primary signification: (S:) and he filed it. (TA.) It is said in a trad., فَجَعَلَتْ تَسْحَلُهَا لَهُ, i. e. And she betook herself to paring off from it the flesh that was upon it for him: or, as some relate it, تَسْحَاهَا, which means the same. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الرِّيَاحُ تَسْحَلُ الأَرْضَ (tropical:) The winds strip off what is upon the earth, (K, TA,) or the surface of the earth. (TA: and the like is said in the S.) ― -b3- And سَحَلَهُ مِايأَةَ سَوْطٍ, (S, K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He struck him a hundred lashes, or strokes of a whip, (S, K, TA,) and pared off his skin, (TA,) or as though he pared off his skin. (S.) ― -b4- And سَحَلَ فُلَانٌ (assumed tropical:) Such a one reviled [another], and blamed [him: like as you say, قَشَرَ بِاللِّسَانِ]. (K. [See مِسْحَلٌ as meaning “ a tongue. ”]) One says, وَجَدَ النَّاسَ يَسْحَلُونَهُ (assumed tropical:) He found the people reviling him, (K, TA,) and blaming him, and speaking evil of him behind his back, or in his absence, or otherwise. (TA.) ― -b5- سَحَلْتُ الشَّىْءَ i. q. سَحَقْتُهُ [I bruised, brayed, or pounded, the thing: or pulverized it: &c.]. (S.) ― -b6- سَحَلَ الثِّيَابَ He washed the clothes, [beating them in doing so,] and removed [or rubbed off] from them the soils. (TA.) ― -b7- سَحَلْتُ الدَّرَاهِمَ I made the pieces of money smooth. (S.) Accord. to ISk, I poured out, or forth, the pieces of money; as though I rubbed them, one against another. (S.) [Or] سَحَلَ الدَّرَاهِمَ, aor. as above, (K,) and so the inf. n., (TA,) i. q. اِنْتَقَدَهَا [which signifies He picked the pieces of money, separating the good from the bad; or examined them to do so: and also he received the pieces of money]. (K.) And سَحَلْتُهُ مِايأَةَ دِرْهَمٍ I paid him a hundred dirhems in ready money. (S.) [Or] سَحَلَ الغَرِيمَ مِايأَةَ دِرْهَمٍ He paid the creditor a hundred dirhems in ready money. (K.) -A2- سَحَلَ الثَّوْبَ, (K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He wove the garment, or piece of cloth, of spun thread not formed of two twists: (K:) or he wove it without having twisted its warp [i. e. without having made its warp to consist of threads of two twists]. (TA.) ― -b2- And سَحَلْتُ الحَبْلَ I formed the rope of a single twist; (S, TA;) and accord. to some, one says also ↓ أَسْحَلْتُهُ, but the former is the chaste expression. (TA.) [Hence,] سُحِلَتْ مَرِيرَةُ فُلَانٍ is said of one whose strength has become weakened; meaning (tropical:) His well-twisted rope, or rope of two twists, has become a rope of a single twist. (TA.) ― -b3- سَحَلَ القِرَآءَةَ, inf. n. سَحْلٌ, He performed the reading, or recitation, in consecutive portions, continuously: and some relate it with ج [i. e. سَجَلَ]: سَحْلٌ is syn. with سَرْدٌ, signifying the making [a thing] to be consecutive in its parts, or portions. (TA.) ― -b4- بَاتَتِ السَّمَآءُ تَسْحَلُ لَيْلَتَهَا (tropical:) The sky continued pouring forth water that night: (As, S, TA:) inf. n. as above. (TA.) ― -b5- And سَحَلَتِ العَيْنُ, (K,) aor. as above, (TA,) inf. n. سَحْلٌ and سُحُولٌ, (tropical:) The eye wept; (K;) poured forth tears. (TA.) -A3- سَحَلَ, aor. (S, K) and , (K,) inf. n. سَحِيلٌ and سُحَالٌ, (S, * K, [the latter inf. n. erroneously written in the CK سِحال,]) He (an ass) made a rolling sound in his chest; whence the ass of the desert is called ↓ مِسْحَلٌ: (S: [see also سَحِيلٌ below:]) he (a mule, K, and an ass, TA) brayed. (K, TA.)
  • ساحلوا Form III They took
    , (S, K,) inf. n. مُسَاحَلَةٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) They took, (S,) or came, (K,) to the سَاحِل [or shore, &c., of the sea]. (S, K, TA.) Hence, in a trad. respecting Bedr, فَسَاحَلَ بِٱلْعِيرِ And he brought the caravan to the سَاحِل of the sea. (TA.) -A2- هُوَ يُسَاحِلُهُ, inf. n. سَحَالٌ and مُسَاحَلَةٌ, He contends, disputes, or litigates, with him. (TA.)
  • اشحل فُلَانًا Form IV He found the people reviling such a one
    (assumed tropical:) He found the people reviling such a one, (K, TA,) and blaming him, and speaking evil of him behind his back, or in his absence, or otherwise. (TA.) -A2- See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.
  • انسحل Form VII It became pared, or peeled
    It became pared, or peeled; or had its outer covering or integument, or its superficial part, stripped off, scraped off, rubbed off, abraded, or otherwise removed: or it became pared, peeled, or stripped, off. (K.) It is said, in this sense, of the surface of the earth [as meaning (assumed tropical:) It was stripped of what was upon it by the wind: see 1, third sentence]. (TA.) ― -b2- انسحلت الدَّرَاهِمُ The pieces of money became smooth. (S.) -A2- It poured out, or forth; or became poured out, or forth. (TA.) ― -b2- انسحلت النَّاقَةُ (assumed tropical:) The she-camel was, or became, quick, or swift, in her going, or pace. (As, TA.) ― -b3- انسحل بِالكَلَامِ (tropical:) He (an orator, S, TA) ran on with speck: (S, K, TA:) or was fluent, and diffuse, or without pause, or hesitation, therein. (TA.)
  • سَحْلٌ A white garment or piece of cloth
    A white garment or piece of cloth: (Msb:) or a white, thin garment or piece of cloth: (TA:) or a white garment or piece o cloth, of cotton, (S, K,) of those of El-Yemen: (S:) pl [of mult.] سُحُولٌ and سُحُلٌ (S, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَسْحَالٌ. (K. [See also ثِيَابٌ سَحُولِيَّةٌ, below.]) ― -b2- And A garment, or piece of cloth, of which the spun thread is not composed of two twists; as also ↓ سَحِيلٌ: (K:) or, as some say, the latter is not applied to a garment, or piece of cloth; but to thread, in a sense expl. below: (TA:) or, accord. to Aboo-Nasr, it (the latter) is applied also to a garment, or piece of cloth, of which the spun thread is a single yarn: the مُبْرَم is that of which the spun thread is twisted of two yarns: and the مِتْآم is that of which the warp and the woof are each of two yarns. (S, TA.) ― -b3- Also, (K,) or ↓ سَحِيلٌ, (S,) or both, (TA,) A rope that is of a single strand; (K, TA;) or the latter, a rope that is twisted of one twist, like as the tailor twists his thread: the مُبْرَم is that which is composed of two twists twisted together into one: (Aboo-Nasr, S, TA:) such a rope is also termed ↓ مَسْحُولٌ; but not ↓ مُسْحَلٌ, for the sake of [analogy to] مُبْرَمٌ; (S, TA;) or the latter epithet is sometimes applied to it: (S, TA: [see also مِسْحَلٌ:]) ↓ سَحِيلٌ likewise signifies thread not twisted; (Aboo-Nasr, S, TA;) or spun thread not composed of two twists. (TA.) -A2- Also Ready money: (S, TA:) an inf. n. used as a subst. [properly so termed]. (TA.)
  • سُحَالٌ Open entry
    : see سَحِيلٌ.
  • سِحَالٌ Open entry
    : see مِسْحَلٌ.
  • سَحُولٌ One who beats and washes and whitens clothes
    One who beats and washes and whitens clothes: hence, accord. to some, ثِيَابٌ سَحُوِليَّةٌ [q. v.]. (TA.)
  • سَحِيلٌ rolling sound in the chest of the ass
    : see سَحْلٌ, in three places. -A2- Also, and ↓ سُحَالٌ, [both mentioned above as inf. ns., (see 1, last sentence,)] The rolling sound in the chest of the ass: (S, K:) or the former, [and probably the latter also,] the most vehement braying of the wild ass. (TA.)
  • سُحَالَةٌ Filings
    Filings of gold and of silver (S, K) and the like, (S,) or of anything. (TA.) ― -b2- The husks of wheat and of barley and the like (K, TA) when stripped off therefrom, and so of other grains, as rice and [the species of millet called] دُخْن: accord. to Az, the particles that fall off of rice and of millet (ذُرَة) in the process of bruising, or braying, or pounding, like bran. (TA.) ― -b3- And [hence,] (tropical:) The refuse, or lowest or basest or meanest sort, of a people or party of men. (IaAr, K, TA.)
  • ثِيَابٌ سَحُولِيَّةٌ Certain garments, or pieces of cloth
    Certain garments, or pieces of cloth, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) of cotton, (S, TA,) white, (Mgh, TA,) so called in relation to سَحُولٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) a place, (S, K,) or town, (Mgh, Msb,) of El-Yemen, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) where they are woven, (K,) or whence they are brought: (Msb:) some say سُحُولِيَّةٌ, with damm; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) so say Az and El-Kutabee; (Mgh;) a rel. n. from سُحُولٌ, pl. of سَحْلٌ, (Mgh, Msb, * TA,) meaning “ a white garment or piece of cloth (Mgh, TA) of cotton; ” (TA;) but this is [said to be] a mistake; (Msb;) or it is allowable because فُعُولٌ sometimes occurs as the measure of a sing., to which this pl. is likened; as is said in the O: (TA:) or the former appellation is applied, as some say, to garments, or pieces of cloth, beaten and washed and whitened; so called in relation to سَحُولٌ meaning “ one who beats and washes and whitens clothes. ” (TA.)
  • سَاحِلٌ A shore of a sea or great river
    (tropical:) A shore of a sea or great river (S, Msb, K, TA) [and] of a river (نَهْر) like جُدٌّ; (Mgh in art. جد;) [generally, a sea-shore, seacoast, or seaboard;] and a tract of cultivated land, with towns or villages, adjacent to a sea or great river: (K:) a reversed word, (IDrd, S, K,) by rule مَسْحُولٌ, (IDrd, K,) of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, (TA,) because the water abrades it, (IDrd, S, K, TA,) or comes upon it: (TA:) or [it is a possessive epithet, like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ,] meaning having abrading water (ذُو سَاحِلٍ مِنَ المَآءِ) when the tide flows and ebbs and so sweeps away what is upon it. (K.) And The side (سِيف) of a valley. (K. in art. سيف.) Pl. سَوَاحِلُ. (Msb.)

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