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Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of scraping, peeling, or stripping away a surface layer from something. It extends to related concepts like erosion, removal of material, and also encompasses specific objects used for scraping, as well as natural phenomena like heavy rain and certain plants.

Derived headwords

سَحَاverb

1.
to scrape offboth
To remove a layer from something by scraping or peeling it away.
2.
to erodeboth
To wear away or strip off material, often by the action of water or wind.

يَسْحِيهِverb

1.
to scrape it offboth
The present tense form of the verb 'to scrape off', referring to the ongoing action.

يَسْحُوهُverb

1.
to scrape it offboth
An alternative present tense form of the verb 'to scrape off'.

يَسْحَاهُverb

1.
to scrape it offboth
Another alternative present tense form of the verb 'to scrape off'.

سَحْيًاnoun

1.
scrapingboth
The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of scraping, peeling, or stripping away.

المِسْحَاةnoun

1.
scraperboth
A tool used for scraping, peeling, or stripping away a surface.

سَحَّاءnoun

1.
scraper makerclassical
One who makes or crafts scraping tools.

السَّحَايَةnoun

1.
scrapingboth
The act or process of scraping or peeling.
2.
peeled layerboth
Anything that has been scraped or peeled off from a surface.
3.
piece of cloudboth
A fragment or piece of cloud.

سَحَايَةُ القِرْطَاسnoun

1.
paper scrapingclassical
The part scraped or removed from paper, such as the surface layer.

سَحَاؤُهُnoun

1.
its scrapingclassical
The part scraped or removed from something, specifically referring to paper in context.

سَحَاءَتُهُnoun

1.
its scrapingclassical
Another term for the part scraped or removed from something, particularly paper.

السَّاحِيَةnoun

1.
eroding floodclassical
A torrent or flood that erodes and carries away material.
2.
heavy rainboth
A rainstorm characterized by its intensity and impact.

سَحَاverb

1.
to scrapeclassical
To scrape or strip away something, used in the context of books or paper.

أَسْحَاهُverb

1.
to scrape itclassical
To cause something to be scraped, often used for books or paper.

الجَمْرnoun

1.
embersboth
Hot, glowing coals, which can be scraped or moved.

الشَّعْرnoun

1.
hairboth
The hair on a person's head, which can be shaved or scraped off.

اسْتَحَاهُverb

1.
to shave itclassical
To shave or scrape off hair.

السُّحَاةnoun

1.
sideclassical
A side or direction.
2.
thorny treeclassical
A thorny tree.
3.
batclassical
A bat (the flying mammal).
4.
courtyardclassical
A courtyard or open space.

أَسْحَىverb

1.
to have many scraped layersclassical
To possess an abundance of scraped-off material or layers.

الأَسْحَوَانadjective

1.
handsome and tallclassical
Describing someone who is handsome and tall.
2.
very hungryclassical
Describing someone who eats a lot, implying great hunger.

السَّحَايَةnoun

1.
meningesclassical
The membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (mother of the head).
2.
piece of cloudboth
A piece or fragment of cloud.

نَبَاتٌ شَائِكٌnoun

1.
thorny plantclassical
A thorny plant that is grazed by bees, yielding excellent honey.

الأَسْحِيَةnoun

1.
skin layersclassical
The layers of skin covering the flesh around the joints.

Parallel reading

سحا الطين يسحيه ويسحوه ويسحاه سحيا: قشره، وجرفه.

Mud is scraped, it is scraped off, it is scraped away, a scraping: it is peeled, and it is eroded.

والمسحاة، بالكسر: ما سحي به، وصانعه: سحاء، وحرفته: السحاية.

And the misḥāh, with kasra: is what is scraped with, and its maker: is a saḥḥā', and his craft: is saḥāyah.

وكل ما قشر عن شيء: سحاية.

And everything that is peeled from something: is a saḥāyah.

وسحاية القرطاس وسحاؤه وسحاءته: ما سحي منه، أي: أخذ.

And the saḥāyah of paper, and its saḥā'u, and its saḥā'atuhu: is what is scraped from it, meaning: taken.

والساحية: السيل الجراف، والمطرة الشديدة الوقع.

And the sāḥiyah: is the eroding flood, and the heavy rain.

وسحا الكتاب: شده بسحاءة، كسحاه وأسحاه.

And he scraped the book: he bound it with a saḥāyah, like sakḥāhu and asḥāhu.

والجمر: جرفه.

And the embers: he scraped them.

والشعر: حلقه، كاستحاه.

And the hair: he shaved it, like istaḥāhu.

والسحاة: الناحية، وشجرة شاكة، والخفاشة ج: سحا، والساحة.

And the suḥāh: is the side, and a thorny tree, and the bat (pl: suḥā), and the courtyard.

وأسحى: كثر عنده الأسحية.

And asḥā: he had many scraped layers.

والأسحوان، بالضم: الجميل الطويل، والكثير الأكل.

And al-asḥawān, with damma: is the handsome and tall one, and the one who eats a lot.

والسحاية، بالكسر: أم الرأس، كالسحاءة، والقطعة من السحاب.

And as-saḥāyah, with kasra: is the mother of the head (meninges), like as-saḥā'ah, and a piece of cloud.

وككساء: نبت شائك يرعاه النحل، عسله غاية.

And like kisā': a thorny plant grazed by bees, its honey is excellent.

والأسحية: كل قشرة على مضائغ اللحم من الجلد.

And al-asḥiyah: is every layer of skin on the fleshy parts of the meat.