أَبَحٌّ

, applied to a man, (S, L, K,) or أَبَحٌّ الصَّوْتِ, (A,) Having a hoarse, rough, harsh, or gruff, voice: (L, K:) feminine بَحَّاءُ; with which ↓ بَحَّةٌ is synonym: (S, K:) plural بُحٌّ. (S.) بَاحٌّ is not allowable. (S.)

And أَبَحُّ applied to a lute (عُودٌ), (tropical:) Rough (K, TA) in sound. (TA.)

Also (tropical:) The base, or thick, chord of a lute; synonym بَمُّ; because of its rough sound. (TA.)

(tropical:) A [gold coin of the kind called] دِينَار; (K, TA;) because of its harsh sound [when one rings it]. (TA.)

-A2- (tropical:) A قِدْح [or gaming-arrow] (S, K, TA) by means of which lots, or portions, are divided: (S, TA:) plural بُحٌّ: (S, K:) or such an arrow that has no sound. (TA.) Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh says,

قَرَوْا أَضْيَافَهُمْ رَبَحًا بِبُحٍّ

يَعِيشُ بِفَضْلِهِنَّ الحَىُّ سُمْرِ

[They entertained their guests with young weaned she-camels, on the superabundant remains of which the tribe lived, by means of tawny-coloured gaming-arrows whereby the lots that determined who should afford the entertainment were divided: or, according to the TA, ربحا here signifies fat, as a subst.; but this is inconsistent with the affixed pronoun relating to it]. (S.)

(assumed tropical:) Fat, as an epithet, not a subst. (K.)

كِسْرٌ أَبَحُّ (assumed tropical:) [A portion of a limb, &c.,] having much fat. (TA.)