صَاعِدٌ

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صَاعِدٌ [Ascending, &c.].
2 [Hence,] عُنُقٌ صَاعِدٌ A tall neck.
3 And شَرَفٌ صَاعِدٌ [High nobility].
4 [Hence also,] one says, بَلَغَ كَذَا فَصَاعِدًا It reached such an amount and upwards: and أَخَذْتُهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ فَصَاعِدًا I got it for a dirhem and upwards; an elliptical phrase, for أَخَذْتُهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ فَزَادَ الثَّمَنُ صَاعِدًا I got it for a dirhem and the price increased upwards, or ذَهَبَ صَاعِدًا went upwards: you may not say وَصَاعِدًا, because you do not mean to tell that the dirhem with something more made the price, as when you say بِدِرْهَمٍ وَزِيَادَةٍ; but you mention the lowest price that you offered, and mean that you then offered more and more. And قَرَأَ فَاتِحَةَ الكِتَابِ فَصَاعِدًا He read the opening chapter of the Book [i. e. of the Kur-án] and more is a phrase of the same kind.

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