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سُجُحٌ ذ Soft, or gentle, and even, or easy; as also ↓ سَجِيحٌ . (K.) You say مِشْيَةٌ سُجُحٌ An easy (S, A) and a direct, or right, (A,) gait, or manner of going. (S, A.) And مَشَى فُلَانٌ مَشْيًا سُجُحًا and ↓ سَجِيحًا , and مِشْيَةً سُجُحًا, Such a one walked, or went, with an easy gait or manner of going: (L:) or with an equable gait, without inclining the body from side to side in pride. (T.) And ↓ خُلُقٌ سَجِيحٌ A gentle, or an easy, natural disposition. (L.) And رَجُلٌ سُجُحٌ A man easy and good in natural disposition: (Har p. 314:) and الخُلُقِ ↓ سَجِيحُ [which means the same]. (A.) -A2- Also The middle of a road, (S, A, K,) or its main part, or beaten track; (A, K;) and so ↓ سُجْحٌ : (S, A, K:) because of its evenness. (TA.) One says, ↓ خَلِّ لَهُ عَنْ سُجْحِ الطَّرِيقِ or سُجُحِ الطريق [Leave thou for him the middle of the road]. (S, accord. to different copies.) And ↓ مَنْ طَلَبَ بِالحَقِّ وَ مَشَى فِى سُجْحِهِ أَوْصَلَهُ ا@للّٰهُ إِِلَى نُجْحِهِ [He who seeks, demands, or sues for, that which is a right, or due, and goes in the beaten track thereof, God will conduct him to the attainment of his object]. (A, TA.) -A3- And Measure, size, or proportion; (S, K;) as also ↓ سُجْحٌ , (S,) and ↓ سَجِيحَةٌ : (S, A, K:) so in the saying, بَنَى القَوْمُ بُيُوتَهُمْ عَلَى سُجُحٍ وَاحِدٍ (S, K *) and وَاحِدٍ ↓ سُجْحٍ (S) and سَجِيحَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ (S, A) [The people, or party, constructed their tents, or houses, of one uniform measure &c.].
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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