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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry شحح

شَحَّ (n. ac. شَحّ شِحّ شُحّ) a. Was niggardly, tenacious, covetous; diminished ( spring of water ). شَاْحَحَ a. [Bi & 'Ala], Showed avarice, niggardliness in..... towards. شَحّ شِحّ شُحّ Avarice, niggardliness. شَحَاْحa. Avaricious, miserly; unproductive ( ground); that yields no fire ( flint & c. ); small in quantity (water). شَحِيْح (pl. أَشْحِحَة شِحَاْح أَشْحِحَآءُ) a. Avaricious, miserly; giving but little water ( spring ).

Habib Anthony Salmoné was a British-educated scholar from Syria. The text for this dictionary was sourced from the Alpheos Project and originally provided by Tufts University under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.