سحل

سَاحِلٌ ذ (tropical:) A shore of a sea or great river (S, Msb, K, TA) [and] of a river (نَهْر) like جُدٌّ; (Mgh in art. جد;) [generally, a sea-shore, seacoast, or seaboard; ] and a tract of cultivated land, with towns or villages, adjacent to a sea or great river: (K:) a reversed word, (IDrd, S, K,) by rule مَسْحُولٌ, (IDrd, K,) of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, (TA,) because the water abrades it, (IDrd, S, K, TA,) or comes upon it: (TA:) or [it is a possessive epithet, like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ,] meaning having abrading water (ذُو سَاحِلٍ مِنَ المَاآءِ) when the tide flows and ebbs and so sweeps away what is upon it. (K.) And The side (سِيف) of a valley. (K. in art. سيف.) Pl. سَوَاحِلُ. (Msb.)