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سَحَّآءُ ذ a fem. epithet, an instance of فَعْلَآءُ having no أَفْعَلُ, [i. e. not having أَسَحُّ for the masc. form], occurring in a trad., in which it is said, (TA,) يَمِينُ ا@للّٰهِ سَحَّآءُ لَا يَغِيضُهَا شَىْءٌ ا@للَّيْلَ وَ ا@لنَّهَارَ (A, TA) i. e. (tropical:) The right hand of God is continually pouring with gifts, nothing will render it deficient, night and day: or, as some relate it, the phrase is ↓ يَمِينُ ا@للّٰهِ مَلْأَى سَحًّا [the right hand of God is full, with pouring forth]; the last word being with tenween, as an inf. n.: it is thus likened to the abundant source that is not diminished by drawing from it, nor by descending into it and filling the bucket. (TA.) ― -b2- You say also غَارَةٌ سَحَّآءُ (A, TA) (tropical:) [An incursion into the territory of an enemy] that pours calamity upon people with sudden impetuosity. (TA.) ― -b3- [Golius explains سَحَّآءُ, on the authority of Meyd, as signifying (assumed tropical:) A hot wind: it is probably a mistranscription for سَخْنَآءُ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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