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سُدٌّ

Root: سد

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سُدٌّ : see the next preceding paragraph, passim.
2 Also A swarm of locusts obstructing the horizon: or so سُدٌّ مِنْ جَرَادٍ: and جَرَادٌ سُدٌّ locusts that have obstructed, or obstructing, the horizon, by their multitude: in which case, سُدٌّ is either a substitute for جَرَادٌ and therefore a substantive, or it is pl. of سَدُودٌ signifying that which obstructs the horizon and therefore an epithet.
3 And A black cloud, that has risen in any tract of the sky: or a collection of clouds rising, obstructing the horizon: pl. سُدُودٌ: [or] سَدٌّ and صَدٌّ, but the former is the more approved, signify a cloud, or collection of clouds, rising high, and appearing like a mountain. (M and L in art. صد.)
4 And A valley: so called because it becomes closed, or stopped up.
5 And A valley containing stones and masses of rock, in which water remains for some time, or a long time: pl. سِدَدَةٌ: or you say, أَرْضٌ بِهَا سِدَدَةٌ [a land in which are valleys containing stones and masses of rock, &c.]; and the sing. is سُدَّةٌ .
6 And The departure [or loss] of sight: from the same word in the first of the senses expl. in the next preceding paragraph.
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