Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِسْأَدٌ

Root: سأد

Full Definition

مِسْأَدٌ A skin for clarified butter, (S, K, [see بَدْرَةٌ,]) or for honey; as also مِسَادٌ, without ء; the former of the measure مِفْعَلٌ, and the latter of the measure فِعَالٌ: or a [skin of the kind called] زِقّ, smaller than the حَمِيت [which is similarly described as a skin, or small skin, of the kind called زِقّ]: but Sh says, what we have heard is مِسْأَبٌ, meaning a large [skin of the kind called] زِقّ.


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