سَدَّ
Root: سد
Form: 1
Full Definition
سَدَّI
, Present.T
سَدُدَ
Verbal.Noun سَدٌّ; and
; [but the latter has an intensive signification, or relates to several objects;] He closed, or closed up, an interstice, or intervening space: and stopped, or stopped up, or repaired, and made firm or strong, a breach, or gap, and the like.
2 [Hence one says,] سُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقُ
3 [Hence also,] سَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ الكَلَامِ
4 And هُوَ يَسُدُّ أَبِيهِ
5 And سَدَّهُ
def.2 سَدَّ, Present.T يَسِدُّ, with kesr, Verbal.Noun سَدَادٌ and سُدُودٌ, (L, the former Verbal.Noun expl. in the S and K as signifying اِسْتِقَامَةٌ,) said of a spear, and an arrow, and a saying, and an action, or a thing [absolutely]; or سَدَّ, [sec. pers. سَدِدْتَ,] Present.T يَسَدُّ, with fet-h to the س, Verbal.Noun سَدَدٌ, (TK, expl. in the S and K as signifying اِسْتِقَامَةٌ, like سَدَادٌ, of which it is said in the S to be a contraction,) said of a saying, and an affair; or سَدَّ, Present.T يَسِدُّ and يَسَدُّ, Verbal.Noun سَدَدٌ; i. q. صَارَ سَدِيدًا [i. e. It was, or became, right, direct, or in a right state; it had, or took, a right direction or tendency; it tended towards the right point or object]: and [in like manner] is syn. with اِسْتَقَامَ [which signifies the same]; as also and : said of an affair signifies it was, or became, rightly ordered or disposed; in a right state. You say, لَهُ and It was, or became, rightly directed towards it. And سَاعِدُهُ and His fore arm was, or became, in a right state, or rightly directed, عَلَى الرَّمْىِ [for shooting]; syn. استقام. A poet says,
2 And سَدَّ, Present.T يَسِدُّ, with kesr to the س, Verbal.Noun سُدُودٌ [and app. also, as above, سَدَادٌ, q. v. infrà], is said of a man, in like manner meaning صَارَ سَدِيدًا [i. e. He was, or became, in a right state; he had, or took, a right direction or tendency; he tended towards the right point or object]: or, as also , he hit the right thing in his saying and in his action: or signifies he said, or did, what was right: or he sought what was right; as also ; or it has this last meaning also. You say, إِنَّهُ فِى القَوْلِ Verily he hits the right thing in the saying. And قَدْ
2 [Hence one says,] سُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقُ
3 [Hence also,] سَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَابَ الكَلَامِ
4 And هُوَ يَسُدُّ أَبِيهِ
5 And سَدَّهُ
def.2 سَدَّ, Present.T يَسِدُّ, with kesr, Verbal.Noun سَدَادٌ and سُدُودٌ, (L, the former Verbal.Noun expl. in the S and K as signifying اِسْتِقَامَةٌ,) said of a spear, and an arrow, and a saying, and an action, or a thing [absolutely]; or سَدَّ, [sec. pers. سَدِدْتَ,] Present.T يَسَدُّ, with fet-h to the س, Verbal.Noun سَدَدٌ, (TK, expl. in the S and K as signifying اِسْتِقَامَةٌ, like سَدَادٌ, of which it is said in the S to be a contraction,) said of a saying, and an affair; or سَدَّ, Present.T يَسِدُّ and يَسَدُّ, Verbal.Noun سَدَدٌ; i. q. صَارَ سَدِيدًا [i. e. It was, or became, right, direct, or in a right state; it had, or took, a right direction or tendency; it tended towards the right point or object]: and [in like manner] is syn. with اِسْتَقَامَ [which signifies the same]; as also and : said of an affair signifies it was, or became, rightly ordered or disposed; in a right state. You say, لَهُ and It was, or became, rightly directed towards it. And سَاعِدُهُ and His fore arm was, or became, in a right state, or rightly directed, عَلَى الرَّمْىِ [for shooting]; syn. استقام. A poet says,
[I teaching him the art of shooting every day; and when his fore arm became in a right state, he shot me]: As says that [the reading] اشتدّ, with ش, is not to be regarded.فَلَمَّا سَاعِدُهُ رَمَانِى أُعَلِّمُهُ الرِّمَايَةَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ
2 And سَدَّ, Present.T يَسِدُّ, with kesr to the س, Verbal.Noun سُدُودٌ [and app. also, as above, سَدَادٌ, q. v. infrà], is said of a man, in like manner meaning صَارَ سَدِيدًا [i. e. He was, or became, in a right state; he had, or took, a right direction or tendency; he tended towards the right point or object]: or, as also , he hit the right thing in his saying and in his action: or signifies he said, or did, what was right: or he sought what was right; as also ; or it has this last meaning also. You say, إِنَّهُ فِى القَوْلِ Verily he hits the right thing in the saying. And قَدْ
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