سَاْوَدَ

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سَاْوَدَIII سَاوَدَنِى He vied with me, or contended with me for superiority, in the rank, or quality, or qualities, of a سَيِّد [or chief, lord, &c.], and I overcame, or surpassed, him therein:

def.2 and also He vied with me in blackness, and I surpassed him therein.
2 And ساودهُ, Verbal.Noun سِوَادٌ, He met him in the blackness of the night.
3 And سَاوَدْتُهُ, Verbal.Noun سِوَادٌ and مُسَاوَدَةٌ, I spoke secretly with him; because you bring near your سَوَاد [or person] to his [when you so speak with another]; or [because] originally meaning I brought near my سَوَاد, i. e. person, to his: or ساودهُ, Verbal.Noun سِوَادٌ, signifies he spoke secretly with him, and so brought near his سَوَاد to his [the other's]; as also , Verbal.Noun سَوْدٌ. It was said to the daughter of El-Khuss, Wherefore didst thou commit fornication? or What caused thee to commit fornication? or Wherefore didst thou become pregnant? thou being the mistress of thy people? and she answered, قُرْبُ الوِسَادِ وَطُولُ السِّوَادِ, (S, M, O, L, [in my two copies of the S قُرْبَ and طُولَ, as though a verb were understood,]) i. e. [The nearness of the pillow, and the long continuance of] secret speaking with another: or, as some say, السواد here means the enticing to جِمَاع: or, as others say, الجَمَاع itself [if the question put to her were the last mentioned above].
4 ساودهُ also signifies He acted deceitfully, or guilefully, with him: or he endeavoured to turn him [to a thing] by blandishment, or by deceitful arts; or to entice him; as shown above.
5 And He drove him away; namely, a lion.
6 And ساودت الإِبِلُ النَّبَاتَ The camels laboured at the herbage with their lips, and could not master it, because of its shortness and its scantiness.

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