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سُحْتٌ ذ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ سُحُتٌ , (S, Msb, K,) the former a contraction of the latter, (Msb,) A thing that is forbidden, prohibited, or unlawful; (S, A, K;) and (so in the A, but in the K “ or ”) what is disapproved, abominable, or foul, of gains, (A, K, TA,) that occasions disgrace (K, TA) and bad repute; as the price of a dog, and of wine, and of a pig; (TA;) any pro- perty that is forbidden, not lawful to be gained (Msb, TA) nor to be eaten; (Msb;) anything forbidden, or unlawful, and of bad repute: sometimes it means what is disapproved; and sometimes, what is unlawful; the context showing in which sense it is used: and it is also applied to signify a bribe that is given to a judge or the like: so called because it cuts off blessing: (TA:) in the Kur v. 46, some read لِلسُّحْتِ; and some, لِلسُّحُتِ; (Bd, TA;) and it has also been read as the inf. n., ↓ لِلسَّحْتِ : (Bd:) the pl. is أَسْحَاتٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Also Little, or small, in quantity or number; paltry, mean, or inconsiderable. (Msb.) ― -b3- مَالُهُ سُحْتٌ or ↓ سَحْتٌ (accord. to different copies of the K [the former the better known]) His property may be taken and destroyed with impunity: and in like manner, دَمُهُ سحت His blood may be shed with impunity. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- See also مَسْحُوتٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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