صيحة

Instance noun from the verb صَاح (ṣāḥ)

• IPA^(key): /sˤaj.ħa/

صَيْحَة • (ṣayḥa) f (plural صَيْحَات (ṣayḥāt))

1. instance noun of صَاح (ṣāḥ): an instance of yelling; a yell, a shout, a scream
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 63:4:

     يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ هُمُ الْعَدُوُّ فَاحْذَرْهُمْ

     yaḥsabūna kulla ṣayḥatin ʕalayhim humu l-ʕaduwwu fāḥḏarhum

     They think every cry is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them.

2. fashion, mode
3. (Islam) a type of punishment mentioned in the Quran.
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 54:31:

     إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ

     ʔinnā ʔarsalnā ʕalayhim ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fakānū kahašīmi l-muḥtaẓiri

     Indeed, We sent against them ˹only˺ one ˹mighty˺ blast, leaving them like the twigs of fence-builders.

• Maltese: sejħa