Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَادَ

Root: سود

Form: 1

Full Definition

سَادَI , Present.T يَسُودُ, Verbal.Noun سِيَادَةٌ and سُودٌ and سُودَدٌ [and its vars. mentioned in the next sentence] and سَيْدُودَةٌ, or سُودَدٌ is a simple subst. signifying as expl. below, He was, or became, [a سَيِّد, i. e. chief, lord, master, &c.; or] possessed of glory, honour, dignity, eminence, exalted or elevated state, or nobility.
2 [It is also trans.:] you say, سَادَ قَوْمَهُ, Present.T يَسُودُهُمْ, Verbal.Noun سِيَادَةٌ and سُودٌ and سُودَدٌ, in which last the [final] د is added to render the word quasi-coordinate to words of the measure فُعْلَلٌ, as جُنْدَبٌ and بُرْقَعٌ, and سُودُدٌ and سُؤْدَدٌ and سُؤْدُدٌ, of the dial. of Teiyi, and سَيْدُودَةٌ, He was, or became, the سَيِّد [or chief, lord, master, &c.,] of his people; [he ruled his people, or held dominion over them;] and signifies the same. And سَادَهُ, Verbal.Noun سِيَادَةٌ and سِيَادٌ and سُودَدٌ [&c.], He exercised rule, or dominion, over him. [See also سُودَدٌ below.]
3 [Hence,] سَادَتْ نَاقَتِى المَطَايَا My she-camel left behind the [other] camels or beasts.
4 سَاوَدَنِى فَسُدْتُهُ: see 3.

def.2 سَوِدَ and سَادَ as syn. with اِسْوَدَّ: see this last, in three places.

def.3 سَادَهُ as syn. with سَاوَدَهُ: see this latter.

def.4 سَادَ, Present.T يَسُودُ, also signifies He drank water such as is termed مَسْوَدَة, which occasions a disease termed سُوَادِ.
2 And سِيدَ, or سُئِدَ, like عُنِىَ, He was, or became, affected with السُّوَاد.


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