سَّاحِل

saAHilN * (tropical:) A shore of a sea or great river (S, Msb, K, TA) [and] of a river ( nahor ) like jud~N ; (Mgh in art. jd ;) [generally, a sea-shore, seacoast, or seaboard; ] and a tract of cultivated land, with towns or villages, adjacent to a sea or great river: (K:) a reversed word, (IDrd, S, K,) by rule masoHuwlN , (IDrd, K,) of the measure faAEilN in the sense of the measure mafoEuwlN , (TA,) because the water abrades it, (IDrd, S, K, TA,) or comes upon it: (TA:) or [it is a possessive epithet, like laAbinN and taAmirN ,] meaning having abrading water ( *uw saAHilK mina AlmaA='i ) when the tide flows and ebbs and so sweeps away what is upon it. (K.) And The side ( siyf ) of a valley. (K. in art. syf .) Pl. sawaAHilu . (Msb.)