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سيء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَيَّاآءٌ ذ , occurring in a trad., is expl. as meaning One who sells grave-clothes, and [ therefore ] wishes for people's death: it may be from السَّوْءُ and المَسَاآءَةُ: or from السَّىْءُ meaning “ the milk that is in the fore part of the udder: ” or it may be from سَيَّأْتُهَا meaning “ I milked her. ” (IAth, TA.)

Derived headwords

سَيَّاآءٌ
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