شَىْءٌ لِيَاحٌ

1.
, (S, K,) and لَيَاحٌ, (K,) A white thing. (S.) The و is changed into ى because of the kesreh before it. (Fr, S.) لَيَاحٌ is extr.; for there is no reason for the change of the و therein into ى, unless for alleviation of the sound. (L.)
2.
Also لِيَاحٌ and لَيَاحٌ Of a shining, or glistening, white hue. (L.)
3.
أَبْيَضُ لِيَاحٌ, and لَيَاحٌ, (tropical:) Intensely white. (K, TA.)
4.
Also لِيَاحٌ (S, K) and لَيَاحٌ (K) The wild bull: (S, K:) so called because of his whiteness. (S.)
5.
Also both words, The daybreak, or dawn: (K:) so called for the same reason. (TA.)
6.
لَقِيتُهُ بِلِيَاحٍ I met him at the period of the afternoon called العَصْر, when the sun was white. (L.)

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