صَدَدٌ
Root: صد
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صَدَدٌ
: see صُدٌّ.
2 Also i. q. قُرْبٌ [used as a n. of place, meaning Vicinity, or a near place or sport; as in phrases here following]: and the place, or part, that is before, in front, facing, or opposite. One says, دَارُهُ بِصَدَدِ المَسْجِدِ [His house is in the vicinity of, i. e. near to, the mosque; or his house is opposite to the mosque]. And أَخَذْتُهُ مِنْ صَدَدٍ i. e. مِنْ قُرْبٍ [I took it from a near place or spot]. And دَارِى صَدَدَ دَارِهِ, in which صدد is in the accus. case as an adv. n. of place, and بِصَدَدِهِ, and عَلَى صَدَدِهِ, My house is opposite to, i. e. in the place, or part, that is in front of, his house: and in the vicinity of, or near to, his house. And هٰذَا صَدَدَ هٰذَا, and بِصَدَدِهِ, This is in front of, or opposite to, this.
3 [Hence, app.,] لَا حَدَدَ لِى دُونَهُ وَلَا صَدَدَ There is no impediment to me in the way of it, nor any obstacle.
4 And هُوَ صَدَدَكَ i. q. قَصْدَكَ [i. e. He, or it, is tending, or looking, in the direction of thee; or is before thee, or before thy face: see art. قصد].
5 And أَنَا بِصَدَدٍ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [I am directing myself, or my attention, to this affair]. [نَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَا نَحْنُ بِصَدَدِهِ, meaning We will return to that subject to which our attention is directed, is a phrase of frequent occurrence after a digression.]
2 Also i. q. قُرْبٌ [used as a n. of place, meaning Vicinity, or a near place or sport; as in phrases here following]: and the place, or part, that is before, in front, facing, or opposite. One says, دَارُهُ بِصَدَدِ المَسْجِدِ [His house is in the vicinity of, i. e. near to, the mosque; or his house is opposite to the mosque]. And أَخَذْتُهُ مِنْ صَدَدٍ i. e. مِنْ قُرْبٍ [I took it from a near place or spot]. And دَارِى صَدَدَ دَارِهِ, in which صدد is in the accus. case as an adv. n. of place, and بِصَدَدِهِ, and عَلَى صَدَدِهِ, My house is opposite to, i. e. in the place, or part, that is in front of, his house: and in the vicinity of, or near to, his house. And هٰذَا صَدَدَ هٰذَا, and بِصَدَدِهِ, This is in front of, or opposite to, this.
3 [Hence, app.,] لَا حَدَدَ لِى دُونَهُ وَلَا صَدَدَ There is no impediment to me in the way of it, nor any obstacle.
4 And هُوَ صَدَدَكَ i. q. قَصْدَكَ [i. e. He, or it, is tending, or looking, in the direction of thee; or is before thee, or before thy face: see art. قصد].
5 And أَنَا بِصَدَدٍ مِنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [I am directing myself, or my attention, to this affair]. [نَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَا نَحْنُ بِصَدَدِهِ, meaning We will return to that subject to which our attention is directed, is a phrase of frequent occurrence after a digression.]
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