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سَحَاةٌ ذ The قِشْر [or covering, integument, peel, or the like,] of anything: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ سَحًا . (S.) See also سِحَآءَةٌ. -A2- A certain thorny tree; (K, TA;) the fruit thereof is white: it is a herb in the spring-season, as long as it remains green: when it dries up in the hot season, it is a tree. (TA.) -A3- A bat: (ISh, S, K:) pl. ↓ سَحًا ; (K;) or [rather] it is the n. un. of سَحًا, which is syn. with خُفَّاشٌ [used as a gen. n.]: (ISh, S:) and ↓ سِحَآءٌ is a dial. var. of سَحًا used in this sense, accord. to Az. (TA.) -A4- I. q. سَاحَةٌ [i. e. The court, or open area, of a house]: (S, K:) formed from the latter word by transposition: (TA:) one says, لَا أَرَيَنَّكَ بِسَحْسَحِى وَسَحَاتِى [I will assuredly not see thee in my quarter, or tract, and my court]. (S.) And I. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [A side, region, quarter, or tract, &c.]. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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