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سهك

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَهِكٌ ذ Having a disagreeable smell proceeding from sweat. (K.) You say, اـِنَّهُ لَسَهِكُ الرِّيحِ Verily he is one who has a disagreeable smell, &c. (Moheet, L.) And يَدِى مِنَ السَّمَكِ وَمِنْ صَدَأِ الحَدِيدِ سَهِكَةٌ [ My hand is disagreeable in smell from fish and from the rust of iron ]; like as you say وَضِرَةٌ when it is from milk and butter, and غَمِرَةٌ when it is from flesh-meat. (S.)

Derived headwords

سَهِكٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّهُ لَسَهِكُ الرِّيحِ
يَدِى مِنَ السَّمَكِ وَمِنْ صَدَأِ
الحَدِيدِ سَهِكَةٌ