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بَرِيحٌ بريح ريح : see بَارِحٌ. -A2- Also The croaking of the غُرَاب [or crow, of whatever species, as raven, carrion-crow, &c.]. (L.) ― -b2- [Hence,] اِبْنُ بَرِيحٍ: so in the K: in the S, أُمُّ بَرِيحٍ; but IB and Aboo-Zekereeyà say that only the former is right: (TA:) [in one copy of the S, however, I find both of these:] The غُرَاب [or crow, as a generic term, applying to the raven, carrion-crow, &c.]: (S, K, &c.:) so called because of its cry: a determinate appellation: for the pl., the expression used is بَنَاتُ بَرِيحٍ. (TA.) ― -b3- See also بَرْحٌ. -A3- قَوْلٌ بَرِيحٌ A saying by which one pronounces a person to have said, or done, right. (L.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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