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صَرْحَةٌ ذ The court, or open area, of a house; i. e. a spacious vacant part or portion thereof, in which is no building; its عَرْصَة, (S, TA,) or its سَاحَة [which means the same]: (A, Msb, TA:) pl. صَرَحَاتٌ. (Msb.) ― -b2- And A tract of ground that is hard and elevated (S, L) and even: or a tract that is even, and open to view, of ground, and of a place where camels or other animals are confined, or where dates are dried, and of a house or dwelling: or a tract that is even, and of goodly appearance, though not open to view: Aboo-Aslam asserts it to mean a [desert tract such as is called] صَحْرَآء. (L.) ― -b3- [Hence, app.,] one says, خَرَجَ لَهُمْ صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ, (so accord. to the TA as from the K,) or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ, (O, and so in my MS. copy of the K,) or صَرْحَةً بَرْحَةً, (so in the CK,) He went forth openly, or into the field [of battle], to them: (O, K:) and أِنَّ خُرُوجَ صَرْحَةٍ بَرْحَةٍ لَكَثِيرٌ, (so accord. to the TA as from the K,) or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ, (O, and so in the CK,) or صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ, (so in my MS. copy of the K,) [accord. to SM,] with fet-h in the end of each [app. in the former phrase], and with tenween in each [app. in the latter phrase], (TA,) [i. e. Verily the going forth openly, or into the field of battle, is frequent. See also صَحْرَة, and بَحْرَة.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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