سَحْنَةٌ

and ↓ سَحَنَةٌ, (L, K,) or the latter, and, as sometimes pronounced, سَحْنَةٌ, (S,) and ↓ سَحْنَاءُ and ↓ سَحَنَاءُ, (S, L, K,) pronounced سَحَنَاءُ by Fr, the only person heard by A'Obeyd to pronounce it thus, and said by Ibn-Keysán to be thus pronounced because of the faucial letter, (S, L,) but ↓ سَحْنَاءُ is better, (L,) Aspect, appearance, or external state or condition: (S, L, K:) and simply state, or condition: (L:) and colour: and softness, or smoothness, of the external skin: and i. q. نَعْمَةٌ [as meaning softness, or delicateness: in the CK. النِّعْمَةُ is erroneously put for النَّعْمَةُ]. (L, K.) You say, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ السَّحْنَةِ (L) and ↓ السَّحْنَاءِ (S, L) [Verily he is goodly in aspect, &c.]: and ↓ هٰوءُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ حَسَنٌ سَحَنَتُهُمْ [These are a people, or party, whose aspect, &c., is goodly]. (S, L.) And سَحْنَةٌ is also explained as signifying The beauty of the hair, and of the complexion, and of the external skin, of a man. (L.) And it occurs in a tradition as meaning The external skin of the face; and is sometimes pronounced ↓ سِحْنَةٌ, and is also called the ↓ سَحْنَاء. (L.)