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سَدَاجَةٌ

Root: سدج

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سَدَاجَةٌ , used by Ibn-El-Khateeb and others of the people of El-Andalus, [and by post-classical writers of other countries,] as meaning Easiness, and goodness of nature or disposition, [or rather simplicity, or plainness, of mind or manners,] is from سَاذَجٌ, an arabicized word from [the Pers.] سَادَهْ, signifying, with them, “ free in intellect, ” and “ easy in nature or disposition: ” frequent usage occasioned the change of the ذ into د.
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