Nounسَاحٌ1 sense
Core sense — the court, or open area, of a housegenerated
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[Originally سَوَحٌ.] See the entry that follows.
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[originally سَوَحٌ ]: see what follows.
سوح
Derived nouns 3
Nounسَاحَةٌ1 sense
Core sense — the court, or open area, of a house; a wide space among dwellingsgenerated
1[May God fill your court, or yard, with people; or make it well stocked with people and the like]—عَمَرَ ٱللّٰهُ سَاحَتَكَ
[Originally سَوَحَةٌ.]
The court, or open area, of a house: that is, a spacious empty part of it in which there is no building. Under عَرْصَةٌ it is given as a part of a house in which there is no building and no roof.
Its بَاحَة, or its yard: a spacious place in front of a house. Or a wide place among the dwellings of a tribe. Also a side, region, quarter, or tract; synonymous with نَاحِيَةٌ.
The plural is سَاحٌ [or rather this is a collective noun of which ساحة is the ism waḥda], and the plurals سَاحَاتٌ and سُوحٌ, the last like بُدْنٌ, plural of بَدَنَةٌ, and خُشْبٌ, plural of خَشَبَةٌ. The diminutive is سُوَيْحَةٌ.
[See also Form 7 in the article on سيح.]
[The air has become red, and the courts, or yards, have become very dusty]—اِحْمَرَّ ٱللُّوحُ وَٱغُبَرَّ ٱلسُّوحُ
Said in a case of drought.
One also says إِنَّهُ لَبَرِىْءُ السَّاحَةِ, a phrase like إِنَّهُ لَبَرِىْءُ العَذِرَةِ, which is explained in the article on عذر. This is mentioned in the article on عذر.
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[originally سَوَحَةٌ ] The court, or open area, of a house; i. e. a spacious vacant part or portion thereof, in which is no building; (Msb voce عَرْصَةٌ ;) a part of a house in which is no building nor roof: (Har p. 33:) its بَاحَة : (S:) or its yard; i. e. a spacious place in front of a house: (Msb in the present art.:) or a wide, or spacious, place, among the dwellings of a tribe: and a side, region, quarter, or tract; or a lateral, or an outward or adjacent, part or portion; syn. نَاحِيَةٌ : (K:) the pl. is سَاحٌ [or rather this is a coll. gen. n. of which ساحة is the n. un.] and [the pl. is] سَاحَاتٌ (S, Msb, K) and سُوحٌ ; (S, K;) the last like بُدْنٌ pl. of بَدَنَةٌ , and خُشْبٌ pl. of خَشَبَةٌ : (S:) the dim. is سُوَيْحَةٌ . (TA.) [See also 7 in art. سيح .] One says, عَمَرَ ٱللّٰهُ سَاحَتَكَ [May God people thy court, or yard; or make it to be well stocked with people and the like]. (A.) And in a case of drought you say, اِحْمَرَّ ٱللُّوحُ وَٱغُبَرَّ ٱلسُّوحُ [The air, or atmosphere, has become red, and the courts, or yards, have become very dusty]. (A.) You say also, إِنَّهُ لَبَرِىْءُ السَّاحَةِ , a phrase like إِنَّهُ لَبَرِىْءُ العَذِرَةِ [expl. in art. عذر ]. (TA in art. عذر .)
Nounسُوَيْحَةٌ1 sense
Core sense — a small court, or yard, of a housegenerated
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Diminutive of سَاحَةٌ, which see.
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dim. of سَاحَةٌ , q. v. (TA.)