māḥiya

eraser

ماحِيَة

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Noun

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م ح و

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فأقول: أنا رجل لا صبر لي على اللواب أي العطش وقد استطلت مدة الحساب، ومعي صل بالتوبة، وهي للذنّوب كلّها ماحية، وقد مدحتك بأشعارٍ كثيرة ووسمتها باسمك.

The Epistle of Forgiveness, page 52 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry
  • مَحَاهُ Form I He effaced, erased, rased, obliterated, or cancelled, it
    He effaced, erased, rased, obliterated, or cancelled, it; removed, or did away with, its impression or trace. (K.) ― -b2- مَحَتِ الرِّيحُ عَنْهُ الأَسْقَامَ وَالدُّنُوبَ The wind made to pass away, or dispelled, the clouds. (TA.) ― -b3- مَحَا الصُّبْحُ اللَّيْلَ Daybreak dispelled the night. (TA.) ― -b4- مَحَاٱللّٰهُ عَنْهُ الأَسْقَامَ وَالدُّنُوبَ [God removed from him diseases and sins; as though He cancelled them]. (Msb in art. عفو.) ― -b5- الإِحْسَانُ يَمْحُو الإِسَآءَةَ Beneficence effaces, obliterates, or cancels, evil conduct. (TA)

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