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سَبَدٌ

Root: سبد

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سَبَدٌ Hair [of goats]; syn. شَعَرٌ; as also سَبُّودٌ : or a small quantity thereof: or fur [of camels]; syn. وَبَرٌ. One says, مَا لَهُ سَبَدٌ وَلَا لَبَدٌ He has neither goats' hair nor wool: or neither camels' fur nor wool: or neither camels' fur nor goats' hair: meaning he has neither goats nor sheep: or neither camels nor sheep: or neither camels nor goats: or neither little nor much; i. e. he has not anything. [See also لَبَدٌ.] Hence سَبَدٌ is an appellation for Cattle (مَالٌ). Hence also the saying of' Átikeh Bint-Zeyd, لَمْ يَدَعْهُ ٱللّٰهُ يَمْشِى بِسَبَدْ [i. e. God let him not walk with goats, &c.]; meaning God reduced him to poverty, so that He left not [to him] anything.
2 Also sing. of أَسْبَادٌ which signifies Black garments or cloths [app. of goats' hair or of camels' fur].
3 أَسْبَادٌ, as pl. of سَبَدٌ, signifies also The heads of the [plant called] نَصِىّ when they first come forth: or, as pl. of سَبَدٌ, the heads of plants coming forth, before spreading.
4 And, likewise as pl. of سَبَدٌ, Remains of plants or herbage in a land. [See also سَبِدٌ.]

def.2 سَبَدٌ also signifies Unluckiness, ill luck, or evil fortune: or so سُبَدٌ : so says Lth, on the authority of ADk.
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