سقى

سِقاآءٌ ذ A skin, (KL,) or a قِرْبَة, (JK,) [i. e.] a skin of a young goat or sheep when it has entered its second year, (M, K,) used for water and for milk, (ISk, JK, S, Msb, K, KL,) or, accord. to ISd, only for water: (TA:) it is termed اِبْنُ أَدِيمٍ [ made of one hide; but there are larger sorts]; and if larger, it is termed اِبْنُ أَدِيمَيْنِ [ made of two hides ], and اِبْنُ ثَلَاثَةِ اآدِمَةٍ [ made of three hides ]: (T and TA in art. بنى:) accord. to ISk, the وَطْب is peculiarly for milk; and the نِحْى, for clarified butter; and the قِرْبَة, for water: (S:) the pl. (of pauc., S) is أَسْقِيَةٌ and أَسْقِيَاتٌ and (of mult., S) أَسَاقٍ, (S, K,) or this last is a pl. pl. (T, TA.) ― -b2- See also 4, last sentence. ― -b3- [And see a phrase voce حِذَاآءٌ, in art. حذو, where it is applied to (assumed tropical:) The stomach of a camel, in which water is stored.]