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شحيح

Root: شح

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شحيح šaḥīḥ pl. شحاح šiḥāḥ, اشحة ašiḥḥa, اشحاء ašiḥḥā’2, pl. f. شحائح šaḥā’iḥ2 stingy, tight-fisted, niggardly, miserly, avaricious (على or ب with, على toward): 456 short, scarce, meager, sparse; greedy, covetous (على or) │ الأيام الشحائح (ayyām) the rainless days, the dry season

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