سَوْدٌ
Root: سود
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سَوْدٌ
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سَفْح of a mountain, [app. meaning, in this case, a low tract at the base, or foot, of a mountain,] forming a narrow strip of ground, rough and black, or level, abounding with black stones, which are rough, and the predominant colour whereof is blackness; seldom found but at a mountain in which is a mine: so says Lth: or a piece of ground in which are black rough stones resembling dry human dung: or land, or ground, in which blackness predominates, which is seldom anywhere but at a mountain in which is a mine: pl. أَسْوَادٌ: and
سَوْدَةٌ signifies a portion thereof; and the pl. of this is سَوْدَاتٌ, and the pl. of سَوْدَاتٌ is
, which occurs in a trad.
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