مَصْدَقٍ
Root: صدق
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مَصْدَقٍ
, with fet-h, or
ذُو like مِنْبَر, applied to a man, [i. e.] applied to a courageous man, means الحَمْلَةِ [Earnest, not
2 مَصْدَقٌ also signifies Hardness.
3 Also i. q. حَدٌّ [as meaning The edge of a sword]: [in a copy of the M written جِدّ, which I think an evident mistake; for it is added,] and it is said to have this meaning in a verse of Dureyd Ibn-Es- Simmeh [relating to a sword].
meaning When his hoofs are wetted with the sweat of his upper parts, he runs, being left to himself, not beaten nor chidden, and a fulfiller of his promise to do his utmost. And sometimes it is applied to an opinion, in like manner [as meaning True, or sincere].إِذَا مَا ٱسْتَحَمَّتْ أَرْضُهُ مِنْ سَمَائِهِ جَرَى وَهْوَ مَوْدُوعٌ وَوَاعِدُ مَصْدَقِ
2 مَصْدَقٌ also signifies Hardness.
3 Also i. q. حَدٌّ [as meaning The edge of a sword]: [in a copy of the M written جِدّ, which I think an evident mistake; for it is added,] and it is said to have this meaning in a verse of Dureyd Ibn-Es- Simmeh [relating to a sword].
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