استسقى
1.
He sought, or demanded, drink (سِقْيًا, K, TA, [in the CK سَقْيًا,] i. e. مَا يُشْرَبُ, TA); منْهُ [from him]; as also
استقى. (K, TA. [In the CK is immediately added after this explanation, وسَقِيًّا: but this is a mistranscription for وَتَقَيَّأَ; expressing another signification of these two verbs, which will be explained below.]) And He asked, begged, or prayed, for rain; (Msb, * TA;) i. q.
اِسْتَمْطَرَ (S in article مطر, and Msb. *) [Hence, صَلَاةُ الاِسْتِسْقَاءِ
The prayer of the petitioning for rain. And استسقى لَهَا
He said
سَقَاهَااللّٰهُ
May God send down rain upon it, namely, a land: see Har p. 300.]
2.
3.
See also 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph.