Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

قَاحَ, said of a wound, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ, &c.,) aor. يَقِيحُ, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) inf. n. قَيْحٌ; (Mṣb, Ḳ;) like قَاحَ, aor. يَقُوحُ; (Ḳ;) andقيّح↓, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَقْيِيحٌ; (A;) andاقاح↓; (A, Mṣb, Ḳ;) andتقيّح↓; (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ;) and تقّوح; (Mṣb, Ḳ;) [It suppurated;] it became in the state of containing [or generating] matter, such as is termed قَيْح [meaning as expl. below]: (Ṣ,* A,* Ḳ in art. قوعح, and Mṣb in explanation of قَيَّحَ:) or its قَيْح ran, or flowed: or became in a state of readiness [to do so]. (Mṣb in explanation of قَاحَ and اقاح and تقوّح.)

قَيْحٌ Thick purulent matter (مِدَّةٌ) unmixed with blood; (Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ;) white, thick [matter], unmixed with blood: (Mṣb:) or, as some say, [contr. to the generality of the lexicographers,] thin matter (صَدِيد) like water, in which is a شُكْلَة [or small admixture, or tinge of the red and white hue,] of blood. (L.)