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Form 1صَرُحَ2 senses
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarصَرَاحَةٌ

Core sense — it was, or became, pure, unmixed, genuine, or cleargenerated

1.1

maṣdar صَرَاحَةٌ and صُرُوحَةٌ [both strangely said in the K to be nouns].

It was, or became, pure, sheer, free from admixture, genuine, or clear. Said of a thing of any kind of which the meaning can be said, and particularly of one's race or genealogy.

1.2

صَرَحَ: see form 2, in two places.

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, (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. صَرُحَ , (K,) inf. n. صَرَاحَةٌ and صُرُوحَةٌ , (S, O, Msb,) [both strangely said in the K, to be substs.,] It was, or became, pure, sheer, free from admixture, unmingled, unmixed, genuine, or clear; (S, O, Msb, K;) said of a thing (S, O, Msb) of any kind of which the meaning is predicable, (S, O,) [and particularly] said of one's race, or genealogy. (K.) صَرَحَ : see 2, in two places.
Form 2صَرَّحَتْ5 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَصْرِيحٌ صَرْحٌ

Core sense — she yielded pure milk; he made a thing plain; it became cleargenerated

2.1

She (a camel) yielded pure, or clear, milk. See art. حلب.

2.1.1speaking clearly, plainly, explicitly, or without ambiguityتَصْرِيحٌ

Probably from the preceding meaning.

The opposite of تَعْرِيضٌ.

he made plain what was in his mind, and what he hadصرّح بِمَا فِى نَفْسِهِ
he made plain what was in his mind, and what he hadبِمَا عِنْدَهُ
he declared, or made clear, what was in his mindصارح بِهِ
he declared, or made clear, what was in his mindصَرَحَ به
he made the thing apparent, clear, or plainصرّح الشَّىْءَ

That is, he expressed the intended meaning by the first and most obvious interpretation; or he kept his words free from expressions open to figurative or remote meanings.

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he made the thing apparent, clear, or plainصَرَحَهُ

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he made the thing apparent, clear, or plainاصرحهُ

Maṣdar إِصْرَاحٌ.

2.2figurative · مجازthe wine became free from frothصرّحت الخَمْرُ

This verb is also intransitive.

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the day became free from clouds, and sunnyصرّح النَّهَارُ
the day became free from mists and cloudsصرّح اليَوْمُ
the year of drought, or sterility, became one of unmixed severityصرّحت كَحْلُ

Or it means the sky became clear of clouds. See art. كحل.

the year of drought became one of unmixed severityصرّحت السَّنَةُ

[It became clear] after fermenting and frothing.

it became apparent, manifest, or exposedصرّح
the truth became apparentانصرح
when the truth appears, you find restعِنْدَ التَّصْرِيحِ تُرِيحُ
the truth, or the affair, became revealed, or manifestصَرَّحَ الحَقٌّ عَنْ مَحْضِهِ

Maṣdar as above. Said of an affair, or, as in one copy of the K, said of the truth.

No doubt remains in your mind.

After it had been concealed. Or, as AA says: falsity became detected and exposed, and the truth became apparent and known. [See also زُبْدٌ.]

it (the affair, or case) became apparent to you, in Jildhánصَرَّحَتْ بِجِلْذَانَ

A proverb. The name Jildhán is written in various ways; it is a place in Eṭ-Ṭáïf, soft and even, like the palm of the hand, containing no cover in which a man may hide himself. The ت in صرّحت denotes قِصَّة or خُطَّة. That is, the man revealed the utmost of what he desired, or meant.

2.2.1

See also a tradition cited in art. صوح, form 2.

2.2.2[he made his arrow, or missile, go clear of the mark; or] he shot, or cast, and missed the markصرّح

Said of an archer or the like.

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She (a camel) yielded pure, or clear, milk. (TA in art. حلب .) [Hence, probably,] تَصْرِيحٌ signifies The speaking clearly, plainly, explicitly, directly, or without ambiguity or equivocation; contr. of تَعْرِيضٌ . (S, A, K.) You say, صرّح بِمَا فِى نَفْسِهِ , (S, A, L, Msb, K,) and بِمَا عِنْدَهُ , (A,) He made apparent, manifest, or plain, or he manifested, exposed, or revealed, (S, A, L, K,) what was in his mind, (S, L, K,) and what he had; (A;) as also صارح بِهِ ; (L, K;) and صَرَحَ به : (TA:) or he declared, or made clear, what was in his mind, so as to express the intended meaning according to the first [or most obvious] interpretation; or he made it free from expressions susceptible of tropical meanings and a secondary [or remote] interpretation. (Msb.) And صرّح الشَّىْءَ , (TA,) inf. n. تَصْرِيحٌ ; (K, TA;) and صَرَحَهُ , (TA,) inf. n. صَرْحٌ ; (K, TA;) and اصرحهُ , (TA,) inf. n. إِصْرَاحٌ ; (K, TA;) He made the thing apparent, manifest, clear, or plain. (K, TA.) This verb is also intrans. (K.) One says, صرّحت الخَمْرُ , (S, A, Msb,) inf. n. تَصْرِيحٌ , (S, K,) The wine became free from froth; (S, A, Msb, K;) [it became clear] after fermenting and frothing. (S.) And صرّح النَّهَارُ The day became free from clouds, and sunny: (A:) or صرّح اليَوْمُ the day became free from mists and clouds. (Msb.) And صرّحت كَحْلُ The year of drought, or sterility, became one of unmixed severity; (S, Meyd, L, K;) and in like manner, صرّحت السَّنَةُ : (L:) or the former means the sky became clear of clouds. (S in art. كحل , and Meyd.) And صرّح , (S, Msb, TA,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) said of an affair, (K, TA,) or, as in a copy of the K, [and in the S and Msb,] said of the truth, (TA,) It became apparent, manifest, exposed, or revealed; (S, Msb, K, TA;) and so انصرح , (S, K, TA,) said of the truth. (S, TA.) Hence the prov. عِنْدَ التَّصْرِيحِ تُرِيحُ , meaning On the appearing of the truth thou findest rest; (Meyd, TA;) no doubt remaining in thy mind. (Meyd.) And صَرَّحَ الحَقٌّ عَنْ مَحْضِهِ , (S, Meyd, A, Msb,) another prov., meaning The truth, or affair, became revealed, or manifest, (S, Meyd, Msb,) after its being concealed: (Meyd, Msb:) or, as AA says, falsity became detected, or exposed, and the truth became apparent and known. (Meyd. [See also زُبْدٌ .]) And صَرَّحَتْ بِجِلْذَانَ , another prov., (Meyd, L,) meaning It (the affair, or case,) became apparent, or manifest, to thee, in Jildhán; which last word is variously written, [see Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 730, and Har p. 106,] a place in Et-Táïf, soft and even, like the palm of the hand, containing no covert in which one may conceal himself; the ت in صرّحت denoting the قِصَّة or خُطَّة : (Meyd:) i. e. the man made apparent, or revealed, the utmost of what he desired, or meant. (L.) See also a trad. cited in art. صوح , conj. 2. صرّح said of an archer or the like means [He made his arrow, or missile, to go clear of the butt or mark; or] he shot, or cast, and missed (K, TA) the butt [or mark]. (TA.)
Form 3صارح بِهِ2 senses
maṣdarمُصَارَحَةٌ

Core sense — he confronted him, he met him face to facegenerated

3.1

See form 2.

3.2he confronted him, or faced himصارحهُ

Maṣdar مُصَارَحَةٌ and صِرَاحٌ.

he reviled him face to face, to his faceشَتَمَهُ مُصَارَحَةً
he reviled him face to face, to his faceصِرَاحًا
he reviled him face to face, to his faceصُرَاحًا

This form is a noun used as a maṣdar, that is, a quasi-maṣdar.

I met him face to faceلَقِيتُهُ مُصَارَحَةً
I met him face to faceصِرَاحًا
I met him face to faceصُرَاحًا
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: see 2. [ صارحهُ , inf. n. مُصَارَحَةٌ and صِرَاحٌ , He confronted him, or faced him.] One says, شَتَمَهُ مُصَارَحَةً , and صِرَاحًا , (S, K,) and صُرَاحًا , (K,) which last is a subst. [used as an inf. n., i. e. a quasi-inf. n.], (S, K,) He reviled him confronting him, or face to face, or to his face. (S, K.) And لَقِيتُهُ مُصَارَحَةً , (A, TA,) and صِرَاحًا , and صُرَاحًا , (TA,) I met him face to face. (A, TA.)
Form 4أَصْرَحَ1 sense

Core sense — he made it apparent, clear, or plaingenerated

4.1

See form 2.

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see 2.
Form 5تصرّح الزَّبَدُ عَنِ الخَمْرِ1 sense

Core sense — the froth cleared away from the winegenerated

5.1

The froth became cleared away from the wine.

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The froth became cleared away from the wine. (TA.)
Form 7إِنْصَرَحَ1 sense

Core sense — it became apparent, clear, or plaingenerated

7.1

See form 2.

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see 2.

Derived nouns 18

Nounصَرْحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a palace, or pavilion; any lofty buildinggenerated

1a palace, or pavilion, and the likeقَصْر

Some say: any lofty building; or a single house or chamber, built apart, large and lofty.

Plural صُرُوحٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences صَرْح 1 shown of 3
40:36
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَ

Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may attain the ways and means-

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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A قَصْر [i. e. palace, or pavilion, &c.]: (Zj, S, A, K:) and (as some say, TA) any lofty building: (S, A, K, TA:) or a single house or chamber, built apart, or detached, large, and lofty: (Msb, TA:) pl. صُرُوحٌ . (S, A.)
Nounصَرَحٌ1 sense

Core sense — pure, unmixed, genuine, or cleargenerated

1

See صَرِيح.

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: see صَرِيح .
Nounصَرْحَةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the court, or open area, of a house; a hard, elevated, even tract of groundgenerated

1the court, or open area, of a houseعَرْصَة
the sameسَاحَة

A spacious vacant part or portion of a house, in which there is no building.

Plural صَرَحَاتٌ.

1.1

A tract of ground that is hard, elevated and even; or a tract that is even and open to view — of ground, 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 that it means a desert tract such as is called صَحْرَآء.

1.2he went forth openly, or into the field of battle, against themخَرَجَ لَهُمْ صَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ
he went forth openly, or into the field of battle, against themصَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ
he went forth openly, or into the field of battle, against themصَرْحَةً بَرْحَةً
going forth openly, or into the field of battle, is frequentأِنَّ خُرُوجَ صَرْحَةٍ بَرْحَةٍ لَكَثِيرٌ

According to SM, with fetḥ at the end of each, and with tenween in each. See also صَحْرَة and بَحْرَة.

going forth openly, or into the field of battle, is frequentصَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةٍ
going forth openly, or into the field of battle, is frequentصَرْحَةَ بَرْحَةَ

Apparently from the preceding meaning.

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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.) 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.) [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 .]
Nounصُرْحَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — pure, unmixed, genuine, or cleargenerated

1

See صَرِيحٌ.

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: see صَرِيحٌ .
Nounصَرَاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — pure, unmixed, genuine, or cleargenerated

1

See صَرِيحٌ.

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: see صَرِيحٌ .
Nounصُرَاحٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — pure, unmixed, clear; thin milk containing much watergenerated

1

See صَرِيحٌ, in six places.

1.1

Also thin milk, containing much water, so that in some parts of it one sees a tawniness and خُضْرَة [here apparently meaning a blackish hue].

2

See also form 3, in two places.

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: see صَرِيحٌ , in six places. Also Thin milk, containing much water, so that in some parts of it one sees a tawniness and خُضْرَة [here app. meaning a blackish hue]. (L.) See also 3, in two places.
Nounصِرَاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — pure, sheer, unmixed, or cleargenerated

1

See the next entry, in two places.

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: see the next paragraph, in two places.
Nounصَرِيحٌ1 sense

Core sense — pure, unmixed, genuine, or clear; of pure race; explicit, plaingenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredmilk of which the froth has gone, free from froth, and clearلَبَنٌ صَرِيحٌ

Anything pure, sheer, free from admixture, unmingled, genuine, or clear. In this meaning one says also صَرَحٌ, which some restrict by adding the adjective "white", and صُرَاحٌ, and صِرَاحٌ, which is said to be more correct, though much less usual, than صُرَاحٌ, and صَرَاحٌ, and صُمَارِحٌ, in which last the م is augmentative; or, as is related on the authority of AA, it is صُمَادِحٌ with د, but J says he does not think this has been kept in memory as transmitted from the Arabs of classical times.

Or: just drawn. See art. زهر.

urine free from frothبَوْلٌ صَرِيحٌ
pure wine, without admixtureخَمْرٌ صُرَاحٌ
pure wine, without admixtureصُرَاحِيَةٌ
a cup of wine without admixtureكَأْسٌ صُرَاحٌ
the sons of Temeem came unmixed with any othersجَآءَ بَنُو تَمِيمٍ صَرِيحَةً
a man of pure, unmixed race or genealogyرَجُلٌ صَرِيحٌ
an Arab of pure, unmixed race or genealogyعَرَبِىٌّ صَرِيحٌ

Without teshdeed.

Plural صُرَحَآءُ.

a horse of pure raceفَرَسٌ صَرِيحٌ

Plural in this case صَرَائِحُ, which is distinguished from the plural used of a man or an Arab.

pure, or unmixed, race or genealogyنَسَبٌ صَرِيحٌ
a word, expression, or sentence that is pure, genuine, or clearصُرَاحٌ كَلِمَةٌ
a word, expression, or sentence that is pure, genuine, or clearصُرَاحِيَةٌ
a pure, unmixed lie, manifest and known to menكَذِبٌ صُرَاحٌ
a pure, unmixed lie, manifest and known to menصِرَاحٌ

With kesr.

a pure, unmixed lie, manifest and known to menصُرَاحِيَةٌ
a pure, unmixed lie, manifest and known to menصُرَاحِىٌّ
a pure, unmixed lie, manifest and known to menصُرْحَانٌ

With damm.

a saying that is explicit, plain, or clearقَوْلٌ صَرِيحٌ

It requires nothing to be conceived in the mind, and no interpretation.

[pure, unmixed evil, or mischief]شَرٌّ صُرَاحٌ
pure, or sincere, in admonition or counselصَرِيحُ النُّصْحِ
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Anything pure, sheer, free from admixture, unmingled, unmixed, genuine, or clear; (S, A, Msb, K, TA;) as also صَرَحٌ , (S, K,) which is by some restricted by the [additional] epithet white, (TA,) and صُرَاحٌ , (L, K,) and صِرَاحٌ , which is [said to be] more chaste [though much less usual] than صُرَاحٌ , (L,) and صَرَاحٌ , (K,) and صُمَارِحٌ , (S, K,) in which last the م is augmentative, or, as is related on the authority of AA, it is صُمَادِحٌ , with د , but [J says] I do not think this to have been retained in the memory [as transmitted from the Arabs of classical times]. (S.) You say لَبَنٌ صَرِيحٌ Milk of which the froth has gone, (S, A, L,) or free from froth, (T, L,) and clear: (T, A, L:) or just drawn. (TA in art. زهر .) And بَوْلٌ صَرِيحٌ Urine free from froth. (T, L.) And خَمْرٌ صُرَاحٌ , (L,) and صُرَاحِيَةٌ , (L, K,) without teshdeed, (K,) Pure wine, (L, K,) without admixture. (TA.) And كَأْسٌ صُرَاحٌ A cup of wine without admixture. (S, A, Msb, K.) And جَآءَ بَنُو تَمِيمٍ صَرِيحَةً The sons of Temeem came unmixed with any others. (S.) And رَجُلٌ صَرِيحٌ , (T, S, L, K, *) and عَرَبِىٌّ صَرِيحٌ , (A, Msb,) A man, (T, S, L,) and an Arab, (A, Msb,) of pure, or unmixed, race or genealogy; pl. صُرَحَآءُ : (T, S, A, L, Msb, K:) and فَرَسٌ صَرِيحٌ a horse of pure race; (T, TA;) pl. صَرَائِحُ , (T, K, TA,) in this case as distinguished from the former. (T, TA.) And نَسَبٌ صَرِيحٌ Pure, or unmixed, race or genealogy. (A.) And صُرَاحٌ كَلِمَةٌ and صُرَاحِيَةٌ [A word, an expression, or a sentence,] that is pure, genuine, or clear. (K.) And كَذِبٌ صُرَاحٌ and صِرَاحٌ , the latter with kesr, and صُرَاحِيَةٌ and صُرَاحِىٌّ (TA) and صُرْحَانٌ with damm, (Lh, TA,) A pure, sheer, or unmixed, lie, (Lh, TA,) manifest, and known to men. (TA.) And قَوْلٌ صَرِيحٌ A saying [that is explicit, plain, or clear,] not requiring anything to be conceived in the mind, nor any interpretation. (Msb.) And شَرٌّ صُرَاحٌ [Pure unmixed, evil, or mischief]. (A, TA.) And صَرِيحُ النُّصْحِ Pure, or sincere, in admonition, or counsel. (L, TA.)
Nounصَرَاحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — purity, freedom from admixture, genuinenessgenerated

1

Maṣdar of صَرُحَ.

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: inf. ns. of صَرُحَ [q. v.]. (S, O, Msb.)
Nounصُرُوحَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — purity, freedom from admixture, genuinenessgenerated

1

Maṣdar of صَرُحَ.

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: inf. ns. of صَرُحَ [q. v.]. (S, O, Msb.)
Nounصُرَاحِيَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — pure, unmixed, cleargenerated

1

See صَرِيحٌ, in three places.

1.1he stated the affair, or case, to him clearly, or without admixtureأَتَاهُ بِالأَمْرِ صُرَاحِيَةً

This saying is apparently from the preceding meaning.

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: see صَرِيحٌ , in three places. [Hence the saying,] أَتَاهُ بِالأَمْرِ صُرَاحِيَةً [app. He stated to him the affair, or case,] clearly, or without admixture. (L, TA.)
Nounصُرَاحِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — pure, unmixed, cleargenerated

1

See صَرِيحٌ.

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: see صَرِيحٌ .
Nounصَرِيحِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a horse of a certain generous breedgenerated

1

An adjective applied to a horse, in relation to a certain stallion named صَرِيحٌ or الصَّرِيحُ that begot a generous breed.

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an epithet applied to a horse, in relation to a certain stallion named صَرِيحٌ , (S, TA,) or الصَّرِيحُ , (TA,) that begat a generous breed. (S, TA.)
Nounصُرَاحِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a vessel for winegenerated

1

A vessel for wine. [In Persian صُرَاحِى.] IDrd doubts whether the word is correct.

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A vessel for wine: (K:) [in Pers. صُرَاحِى :] but IDrd doubts its correctness. (TA.)
Nounصُرَّاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a flying creature like a locust, which is eatengenerated

1

A certain flying thing, resembling the species of locust called جُنْدَب, which is eaten.

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A certain flying thing, resembling the [species of locust called] جُنْدَب , which is eaten. (K.)
Nounصُمَارِحٌ1 sense

Core sense — pure, unmixed, cleargenerated

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See صَرِيحٌ.

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: see صَرِيحٌ .
Nounيَوْمٌ مُصَرِّحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a day free from cloudsgenerated

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A day free from clouds; of the measure of مُحَدِّثٌ. In one of my two copies of the S مُصَرَّحٌ occurs also, and in the other copy only that latter form.

It occurs in the poetry of Et-Tirimmáḥ.

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, (S, K,) like مُحَدِّثٌ [in measure], (K,) [in one of my two copies of the S مُصَرَّحٌ also, and in the other copy the latter only,] A day free from clouds: (S, K:) occurring in the poetry of Et-Tirimmáh. (S.)
Nounمِصْرَاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel that yields pure milk, with little frothgenerated

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A she-camel that does not yield frothy milk; she yields pure milk, with little froth.

In the CK, لا تَرْعَى is put for لا تُرَغِّى.

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A she-camel that does not yield frothy milk; (T, K; [in the CK, لا تَرْعَى is put for لا تُرَغِّى ;]) that yields pure milk, with little froth. (M, TA.)