سهو

سَهْوَةٌ ذ An instance, or a case, of unmindfulness, forgetfulness, neglectfulness, heedlessness, or inadvertence. (Msb.) -A2- A rock, or great mass of stone, (K,) in the dial. of Teiyi, who call nothing else by this name: so in the M: or, accord. to the T, in that dial., the rock, or great mass of stone, upon which the waterer [app. of camels ] stands: (TA:) or a rock, or great mass of stone, standing up, not having any foundation [app. meaning not partly imbedded ] in the ground: and in the dial. of Teiyi, a single stone, great or small. (JK.) ― -b2- A بَيْت [app. here meaning booth, or the like, ] which the Arabs of the desert set up at the water, and by the shade of which they shelter themselves. (TA.) A صُفَّة [or kind of roofed vestibule, or the like, or a covering for shade and shelter ], (K, TA,) between two houses: (TA:) or a thing like the صُفَّة, which is before, or in the front of, houses: (As, JK, S:) or [in some copies of the K “ and ”] a kind of closet (مُِخْدَع) between two chambers, (K, TA,) in which the waterers of the camels shelter themselves: or, as some say, a small wall which is build between the two [ opposite main ] walls of the chamber, the roof being placed over the whole; what is in the middle [or main part ] of the chamber being [ called ] a سَهْوَة; [see عَرْسٌ;] and what is within it, [app. behind, ] a مُِخْدَع: (TA:) or the like of a رَفّ and طَاق, [app. meaning a kind of arched construction with a flat top which forms a shelf, against a wall; or simply a shelf, or ledge projecting from a wall, (see رَفٌّ and طَاقٌ,)] in which, or upon which, a thing is placed: (ISd, K:) or a small بَيْت [or chamber ], (S, K,) descending into the earth, having its roof elevated above the ground, (S,) resembling a small خِزَانَة [or closet, or storeroom ], (S, K,) in which are [ deposited ] the household-goods, or furniture and utensils; thus as heard by A'Obeyd from more than one of the people of El-Yemen: (S:) or it signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (JK,) four sticks, or pieces of wood, (JK, K,) or three, (K,) which are placed crosswise, one upon another, and upon which is then put anything of the household-goods, or furniture and utensils: (JK, K:) so in the M: (TA:) and (accord. to the T, TA) i. q. كَنْدُوجٌ, (K,) which means a small closet or store-room: (TA:) and i. q. رَوْشَنٌ and كُوَّةٌ [i. e. a window, or mural aperture ]: and a [ kind of curtained canopy, or the like, such as is called ] حَجَلَة: and a curtain, or screen, before the court, or yard, of a house, (K, TA,) and sometimes, surrounding the house, like a wall: (TA:) its pl. (in all of these senses, K, TA) is سِهَاآءٌ (JK, K, TA) and سَهَوَاتٌ. (JK.)