قوح

قَاحَةٌ ذ The court of a house; a spacious vacant part, or portion, thereof, in which is no building; syn. سَاحَةٌ; (S in art. قيح, and L, K, in the present art.;) and بَاحَةٌ, ق and ب being interchangeable in this case, as in طِينٌ لَازِبٌ and لَازِقٌ, and in نَبِيثَةُ البِئْرِ and نَقِيثَتُهَا: and the middle of a house: (TA:) pl. قُوحٌ; (K, TA;) like [its syn.] سُوحٌ pl. of سَاحَةٌ. (TA.) It is related of 'Omar that he said, مَنْ مَلَأَ عَيْنَهُ مِنْ قَاحَةِ بَيْتٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَهُ فَقَدْ فَجَرَ [ He who satisfies his eye by the sight of what is in the court of a house before permission is given to him to enter verily transgresses ]. (TA.) And [the pl.] signifies Lands giving growth to nothing. (TA.)