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قيح

1 قَاحَ ذ , said of a wound, (S, A, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. يَقِيحُ, (S, Msb,) inf. n. قَيْحٌ; (Msb, K;) like قَاحَ, aor. يَقُوحُ; (K;) and ↓ قيّح , (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَقْيِيحٌ; (A;) and ↓ اقاح ; (A, Msb, K;) and ↓ تقيّح ; (S, A, Msb, K;) and تقّوح; (Msb, K;) [It suppurated;] it became in the state of containing [or generating] matter, such as is termed قَيْح [meaning as expl. below]: (S, * A, * K in art. قوعح, and Msb in explanation of قَيَّحَ:) or its قَيْح ran, or flowed: or became in a state of readiness [to do so]. (Msb in explanation of قَاحَ and اقاح and تقوّح.) 2 قَيَّحَ and 4 and 5: see the preceding paragraph. قَيْحٌ ذ Thick purulent matter (مِدَّةٌ) unmixed with blood; (S, A, L, K;) white, thick [matter], unmixed with blood: (Msb:) or, as some say, [contr. to the generality of the lexicographers,] thin matter (صَدِيد) like water, in which is a شُكْلَة [ or small admixture, or tinge of the red and white hue,] of blood. (L.) قَاحَةٌ ذ , mentioned in this art. in the S, see in art. قوح.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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