سهر

سَاهُورٌ ذ : see سَهَارٌ. -A2- Also The sheath of the moon, (S, K,) which it enters when it is eclipsed, (TA,) accord. to the assertion of the Arabs; (S, TA;) as also ↓ سَاهِرَةٌ. (K.) One says, of the moon, when it is eclipsed, دَخَلَ فِى سَاهُورِهِ It has entered into its sheath. (Kt.) [Or] The shade, or shadow, of the سَاهِرَة, i. e., of the surface of the earth. (S, K.) ― -b2- The moon (K, TA) itself; as also ↓ سَهَرٌ; of Syriac origin, accord to IDrd. (TA.) ― -b3- The halo (دَارَة) of the moon: (K:) a Syriac word. (TA.) ― -b4- And السَّاهُورُ, The last nine nights of the lunar month: (K:) or so لَيَالِى السَّاهُورِ: because the moon is absent in its first part. (ISk.) ― -b5- Also سَاهُورٌ, The source of a spring of water. (K, * TA.) ― -b6- And Multitude; abundance. (K.)