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أَبَحٌّ ذ , applied to a man, (S, L, K,) or أَبَحٌّ الصَّوْتِ, (A,) Having a hoarse, rough, harsh, or gruff, voice: (L, K:) fem. بَحَّآءُ; with which ↓ بَحَّةٌ is syn.: (S, K:) pl. بُحٌّ. (S.) بَاحٌّ is not allowable. (S.) ― -b2- And أَبَحُّ applied to a lute (عُودٌ), (tropical:) Rough (K, TA) in sound. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) The base, or thick, chord of a lute; syn. بَمُّ; because of its rough sound. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A [gold coin of the kind called] دِينَار; (K, TA;) because of its harsh sound [when one rings it]. (TA.) -A2- (tropical:) A قِدْح [or gaming-arrow] (S, K, TA) by means of which lots, or portions, are divided: (S, TA:) pl. بُحٌّ: (S, K:) or such an arrow that has no sound. (TA.) Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh says, “ قَرَوْا أَضْيَافَهُمْ رَبَحًا بِبُحٍّ
يَعِيشُ بِفَضْلِهِنَّ الحَىُّ سُمْرِ
” [They entertained their guests with young weaned she-camels, on the superabundant remains of which the tribe lived, by means of tawny-coloured gaming-arrows whereby the lots that determined who should afford the entertainment were divided: or, accord. to the TA, ربحا here signifies fat, as a subst.; but this is inconsistent with the affixed pronoun relating to it]. (S.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) Fat, as an epithet, not a subst. (K.) ― -b3- كِسْرٌ أَبَحُّ (assumed tropical:) [A portion of a limb, &c.,] having much fat. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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