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س ح ت

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Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root سحت. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

سَحَتَهُ , [aor. سَحَتَ , inf. n. سَحْتٌ ,] He extirpated it, eradicated it, exterminated it, or destroyed it utterly; as also ↓ اسحتهُ : (S, K, TA:) both signify he, or it, made it to go, go away, pass away, or depart; made away with it, did away with it, made an end of it, or destroyed it; namely, a man's property: and the latter, he destroyed utterly what he (a man) possessed. (TA.) You say, سَحَتَ الخِتَانَ , inf. n. as above; and ↓ اسحتهُ ; He performed the circumcision so as to remove the prepuce utterly. (TA.) And سَحَتَ شَعَرَهُ He removed his hair utterly in shaving and cutting: (A:) and سَحَتَ رَأْسَهُ , inf. n. as above; and ↓ اسحتهُ ; He shaved his head so as to remove the hair utterly. (Lh, TA.) And سَحَتَ الشَّحْمَ عَنِ اللَّحْمِ , (aor. as above, K,) He peeled off the fat from the flesh; (S, A, K;) as also سَحَفَهُ . (S.) And سَحَتَ شَيْيءًا , aor. and inf. n. as above, He peeled, or peeled off, a thing by little and little. (L, TA.) And سَحَتَ وَجْهَ الأَرْضِ He, or it, effaced the traces, or the like, upon the surface of the earth. (A, TA.) فَيَسْحَتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍ , in the Kur xx. 64, means Lest He destroy you [by a punishment], (Bd, Jel,) or utterly destroy you; (Bd;) and some read ↓ فَيُسْحِتَكُمْ , (S, Bd, Jel,) which means the same; (Bd, Jel;) this being of the dial. of Nejd and Temeem; and the former, of the dial. of El-Hijáz: (Bd:) or (tropical:) lest He harass, or distress, or afflict, you [by a punishment]: (A, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) lest He pare you [from the surface of the earth thereby]. (TA.) سَحَتْنَاهُمْ and ↓ أَسْحَتْنَاهُمْ both signify (tropical:) We harassed, or distressed, or afflicted, them: and سَحَتَهُمْ [and ↓ أَسْحَتَهُمْ ], He slaughtered them. (TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph, in two places.

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أَسْحَتَ see above, in six places. ― -b2- [Hence,] أُسْحِتَ , said of a man, (assumed tropical:) His property went away. (Lh, TA.) -A2- اسحت He gained, or earned, what is termed سُحْت [i.e. gain that was unlawful, &c.]; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ سَحَتَ : (K:) or he earned little. (Msb.) You say, اسحت فِى تِجَارَتِهِ He earned such gain in his traffic; (S, A;) as also فِيهَا ↓ سَحَتَ : (TA:) or he earned little therein; and so اسحت تِجَارَتَهُ . (Msb.) And اسحتت تِجَارَتُهُ His traffic was, or became, disapproved, abominable, or foul, and unlawful. (K.)

سَحْتٌ inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (L, TA.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) Vehemence of eating and drinking. (TA.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) Punishment, castigation, or chastisement. (TA.) ― -b4- بَرْدٌ سَحْتٌ , (K,) [as also سَخْتٌ , q. v.,] and بَحْتٌ , and لَحْتٌ , (TA,) [and لَخْتٌ ,] i. q. صَادِقٌ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) Vehement, or intense, cold: see بَحْتٌ &c.]. (K.) ― -b5- See also سُحْتُوتٌ : ― -b6- and مَسْحُوتٌ : ― -b7- and see the paragraph here following, in two places.

سُحْتٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ سُحُتٌ , (S, Msb, K,) the former a contraction of the latter, (Msb,) A thing that is forbidden, prohibited, or unlawful; (S, A, K;) and (so in the A, but in the K “ or ”) what is disapproved, abominable, or foul, of gains, (A, K, TA,) that occasions disgrace (K, TA) and bad repute; as the price of a dog, and of wine, and of a pig; (TA;) any pro- perty that is forbidden, not lawful to be gained (Msb, TA) nor to be eaten; (Msb;) anything forbidden, or unlawful, and of bad repute: sometimes it means what is disapproved; and sometimes, what is unlawful; the context showing in which sense it is used: and it is also applied to signify a bribe that is given to a judge or the like: so called because it cuts off blessing: (TA:) in the Kur v. 46, some read لِلسُّحْتِ ; and some, لِلسُّحُتِ ; (Bd, TA;) and it has also been read as the inf. n., ↓ لِلسَّحْتِ : (Bd:) the pl. is أَسْحَاتٌ . (K.) ― -b2- Also Little, or small, in quantity or number; paltry, mean, or inconsiderable. (Msb.) ― -b3- مَالُهُ سُحْتٌ or ↓ سَحْتٌ (accord. to different copies of the K [the former the better known]) His property may be taken and destroyed with impunity: and in like manner, دَمُهُ سحت His blood may be shed with impunity. (K, * TA.) ― -b4- See also مَسْحُوتٌ .

سُحُتٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.

سَحْتِىٌّ : see what next follows.

سُحْتُوتٌ An old and worn-out garment or piece of cloth; as also ↓ سَحْتٌ and ↓ سَحْتِىٌّ . (K.) ― -b2- [A mess of] سَوِيق [or meal of parched barley, &c.,] having little grease or gravy [mixed with it]; as also ↓ سِحْتِيتٌ ; (K;) the latter a dial. var. of سِخْتِيتٌ [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b3- And A desert ( مَفَازَةٌ ) of which the earth is soft. (K.)

سِحْتِيتٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.

سَحِيتٌ : see مَسْحُوتٌ , in two places. ― -b2- سَحَابَةٌ سَحِيتَةٌ A cloud that carries away, or sweeps away, that by which it passes. (TA.)

عَامٌ أَسْحَتُ , and أَرْضٌ سَحْتَا=ءُ , (assumed tropical:) A year, and a land, in which is no pasture. (K.)

أُسْحُوتٌ : see the following paragraph.

مُسْحَتٌ : see the following paragraph.

مَسْحُوتٌ (assumed tropical:) Property ( مَالٌ ) made to go away, or depart; made away with, made an end of, or destroyed; as also ↓ مُسْحَتٌ , (S, K,) as in a verse cited voce مُجَلَّفٌ , (S,) and ↓ سُحْتٌ and ↓ سَحِيتٌ . (K.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) A man who eats and drinks vehemently; as also ↓ سَحْتٌ and ↓ سَحِيتٌ : (TA in the present art.:) and ↓ أُسْحُوتٌ signifies [the same, or] a man who eats and drinks much., (Az, TA voce أُسْحُوبٌ , q. v.) And مَسْحُوتُ الجَوْفِ (assumed tropical:) A man (S) who does not become satiated: (S, K:) having a capacious belly, (K, TA,) and who does not become satiated with food: (TA:) and as some say, hungry: (TA:) and one who suffers much from indigestion. (K, TA.) And مَسْحُوتُ المَعِدَةِ (tropical:) A man having a greedy, or gluttonous, stomach. (A, TA.)

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