سَدًى

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سَدًى of a garment, or piece of cloth, The warp; contr. of لُحْمَةٌ; i. e. the portion [or threads] thereof extended longitudinally in the weaving: and it is said to mean the lower, or lowest, part thereof: it is [said to be] from السَّدْوُ [Verbal.Noun of سَدَا] signifying “ the stretching forth the arm, or hand, or the fore leg, towards a thing: ” (Har p. 241: [but it is mentioned in the M as belonging to art. سدى; and its dual, mentioned below, requires its being so:]) and , also [and more commonly] written أُسْدِىٌّ , signifies the same; as also سَدَاةٌ ; or this last is the n. un. of سَدًى, having a more special signification, [as though meaning a warp, or a sort of warp; or the لُحْمَةٌ may be affixed for the purpose of assimilating the word to its contr. سَدًى, with which it is often coupled:] the dual [of سَدًى] is سَدَيَانِ: and the pl. is أَسْدِيَةٌ or أَسْدَآءٌ. مَا أَنْتَ بِلُحْمَةٍ وَلَا [lit. Thou art neither a woof nor a warp] is said to him who neither harms nor profits. (TA. [See also سَتًى.])
2 Hence, as being likened thereto, Honey in its comb; syn. شُهْدٌ or شَهْدٌ.
3 And A benefit, benefaction, favour, or the like.
4 The nightdew; by means of which seedproduce lives: or, as some say, سَدًى and نَدًى are syn. [and both applied to dew in an absolute sense]: and the pl. is أَسْدَآءٌ.
5 And Liberality, bounty, munificence, or generosity; as being likened thereto; and so نَدًى. (S in art. ندو and ندى.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce رِقْبَةٌ.]

def.2 Green dates, with their شَمَارِيخ [or fruit-stalks]; as also سَدَآءٌ ; of the dial of El-Yemen: n. un. سَدَاةٌ and سَدَآءَةٌ , on the authority of AA, and of Sh also, who says that they are of the dial. of El-Medeeneh. [See also the last sentence of the next paragraph: and see سَيَابٌ.]

def.3 Also sometimes used in the sense of سُدًى. See this latter word.

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