سُقْيَا
1.
A giving of drink; [or a giving to drink;] like [the verbal noun] سَقْىٌ. (Er-Rághib, TA.)
2.
And A sending down of rain upon mankind and the lands: (TA:) a subst. from سَقَاهُ اللّٰه الغَيْثَ. (S, K, * TA. *) One says, دَعَوْتُ لَهُ بِالسُّقْيَا [I prayed for him for the sending down of rain]. (JK.) And it is said in a form of prayer, سُقْيَا
رَحْمَةٍ وَلَا سُقْيَا عَذَابٍ [We ask of Thee a sending down of a rain of mercy, and not a sending down of a rain of punishment]; meaning, send Thou down upon us a rain in which shall be benefit, without injury, and without laying waste. (Msb.) One says also أَرْضٌ خَافِضَةُ السُّقْيَا
Land easy of irrigation [either by the rain or otherwise]: (K in article خفض:) and the contr. is termed رَافِعَةُ
السُّقْيَا. (TA in that article)
3.
Also i. q.
شرب [i. e. شِرْبٌ, meaning A beast's share, or portion, of water]: so in the Qur'an, 91:13. (Jel.)