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سِبْدٌ

Root: سبد

Full Definition

سِبْدٌ i. q. دَاهِيَةٌ [as meaning Cunning, or very cunning: and perhaps also as meaning a calamity: pl. أَسْبَادٌ]. You say, هُوَ سِبْدُ أَسْبَادٍ He is cunning, or very cunning, (دَاهٍ, S, M, or دَاهِيَةٌ, K,) in theft, or robbery.
2 And [hence, perhaps, or the reverse may be the case,] A wolf: it occurs, in the accus. case, in a verse, in this sense, or in the former sense; or, as some relate it, the word in this instance is سِيدًا [which has the latter meaning].
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