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ميح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَائِحٌ ذ A man who descends into a well and fills the bucket, when its water is little: pl. مَاحَةٌ. (S.) The مَاتِح is he who draws the water from the mouth of the well. (L.) ― -b2- مَائِحٌ (tropical:) A tooth-stick; syn. سِوَاكٌ: so called because it draws away the saliva, like as he who descends into a well ladles out the water: (L:) and so (accord. to some, TA) ↓ مَيْحٌ. (K.)

Derived headwords

مَائِحٌ
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