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سُرَادِقٌ

Root: سردق

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سُرَادِقٌ , said by El-Jawáleekee to be an arabicized word from [the Pers.] سَرَادَرْ or سَرَاطَاقْ, An awning extended over the interior court of a house: [and the cover of a tent:] and any tent of cotton: or a [ tent of the kind called] فُسْطَاط; so says AO: also an enclosure around a خَيْمَة [or tent], consisting of pieces of cloth, without a roof: or an enclosure (حُجْرَة) around a فُسْطَاط: or what surrounds the [tent called] خَيْمَة and the [tent called] قُبَّة: or any wall or enclosure, or [tent such as is called] مِضْرَب or [such as is called] خِبَآء that surrounds a thing: pl. سُرَادِقَاتٌ: it has this pl., though it is masc., because. it has no broken pl. ElKedhdháb El-Hirmázee says, not Ru-beh as in the “ Book ” of Sb [and in the S], addressing Hakam Ibn-El-Mundhir Ibn-El-Járood, سُرَادِقُ المَجْدِ عَلَيْكَ مَمْدُودْ [The canopy of glory is extended over thee].
2 [Hence,] Dust rising; or spreading, or diffusing itself.
3 And Smoke rising high, and surrounding a thing.
4 In the Kur xviii. 28, it is applied to what will surround the unbelievers, of the fire of Hell, as being likened to a فُسْطَاط, or to an enclosure around a فسطاط; or as meaning the smoke of the fire; or a wall thereof.
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