سَبَنْدًى
Root: سبد
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سَبَنْدًى
Tall, or long; in the dial. of Hudheyl: and also bold, or daring; applied to anything [i. e. to any creature]; of the dial. of Hudheyl: as also سَبَنْتًى: or, so applied, bold, or daring, to undertake anything: and the fem. [سَبَنْدَاةٌ, like سَبَنْتَاةٌ,] is said to signify a bold lioness: and a bold-breasted she-camel: and in like manner [the masc. signifies] a bold-breasted he-camel: and, as also سِبِنْدًى, the leopard; and so سَبَنْتًى, or سَبَنْتَاةٌ, which is also applied to a beast of prey [absolutely]: or the lion: pl. سَبَانِدُ and سَبَانِدَةٌ: or the meaning of this, or these, [i. e. of the latter pl. or of both, for the pronoun (هِىَ) may relate to the latter or to both,] is idle, and sportful, and vain, or frivolous, persons; like سَبَادِرَةٌ.
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