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سَدِيدٌ

Root: سد

Full Definition

سَدِيدٌ , applied to a spear, Seldom missing; and [to the same, and] to an arrow, that hits the mark; and to a saying, as also سَدَادٌ and سَدَدٌ ; and an action; and an affair, as also أَسَدُّ ; right, direct, or in a right state; having, or taking, a right direction or tendency; tending towards the right point or object: and سِدٌّ , applied to speech, signifies the same; and true.
2 And applied to a man, meaning Who pursues a right course; as also ; and [in an intensive sense] سَدَّادٌ : or, as also مُسِدٌّ , who hits the right thing in his saying and in his action.
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