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سُوَيْدَآءُ

Root: سود

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سُوَيْدَآءُ dim. of سُوْدَآءُ, fem. of أَسْوَدُ, q. v.:
2 see also سَوَادٌ, in two places:
3 and سُوَيْدٌ:
4 and أَسْوَدُ, near the end of the paragraph.
5 Also A certain bird.
6 And Salt tracts (سِبَاخ) of [plants of the kind called] نَجِيل: Kr explains it by نِبْتَةٌ [app. a mistranscription for نَبْتَةٌ a plant]; without describing it.
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