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سهو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

السُّهَا ذ [often written السُّهَى] A certain dim star, (S, K,) in [ the asterism called ] بَنَات نَعْش الكُبْرَى, (S, [in the K, erroneously, بنات نعش الصُّغْرَى,]) by the middle star of those thus called; (TA;) [i. e.] a small star by that called العَنَاقُ, ( which latter is the middle star [ ζ ] of the three in the tail of Ursa Major, Kzw,) by looking at which persons try their powers of sight; (Kzw, TA;) mentioned in art. قود [voce قَائِدٌ, q. v.]; (K;) [it is the star 80, by ζ ;] also called ↓ السُّهَيَّا, which is the diminutive. (TA.) It is said in a prov., أُرِيهَا السُّهَا وَتُرِينِى القَمَرَ [ I show her Es-Suhà and she shows me the moon ]. (S, TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. vol. i. pp. 527—9.]) And one says, أَنَّى يَلْتَقِى سُهَيْلٌ وَالسُّهَا How can Suheyl [or Canopus ] meet Es-Suhà? for the former is southern and the latter is northern. (Har p. 276.)

Derived headwords

السُّهَا
  1. 1.
بَنَات نَعْش الكُبْرَى
بنات نعش الصُّغْرَى
السُّهَا وَتُرِينِى القَمَرَ
أَنَّى يَلْتَقِى سُهَيْلٌ وَالسُّهَا