سيح
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaسَائِحٌ ذ : see سَيْحٌ. ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) A man going, or journeying, [ as a devotee, or otherwise, ] through the land or earth. (A.) ― -b3- And, as being likened thereto, (tropical:) Fasting, or a faster: (A:) or a faster who keeps to the mosques: (K:) the faster is said to be thus called because he who journeys as a devotee does so without having any provision with him, and eats only when he finds provision: therefore the faster is likened to him. (TA.) السَّائِحُونَ in the Kur ix. 113 means (tropical:) The fasters: (Bd, Jel, TA:) so say Zj and I'Ab and Ibn-Mes'ood: (TA:) or those who observe the obligatory fasts: or those who fast constantly: (TA:) or those who journey to war against unbelievers, or to seek knowledge. (Bd.) And سَائِحَات in the Kur lxvi. 5 means (assumed tropical:) Women who fast: or who forsake their country or homes [ for the sake of God ]. (Bd, Jel.) ― -b4- This last (سائحات [if not a mistranscription for سَابِحَات]) also means (assumed tropical:) Swift horses: ― -b5- and (assumed tropical:) The planets. (KL.)
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