سَنَةٌ سَنْوَاءُ

(assumed tropical:) A hard, rigorous, or distressing, year. (M, K.) And أَرْضٌ سَنْوَاءٌ (assumed tropical:) A land affected with drought or barrenness [like أَرْضٌ سَنَةٌ]. (TA.) [See also سَنْهَاءُ, in article سنه.]