سَيَاعٌ
Root: سيع
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سَيَاعٌ
, or سِيَاعٌ, or both, Mud: or mud [mixed] with chopped straw, with which one plasters. The saying of the poet, namely El-Kutámee, describing his she-camel,
2 Also Fat with which a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag] is anointed.
3 And
presents an inversion, the meaning being كما طيّنت بِالسِيَّاعِ الفَدَنِ [i. e. And when fatness extended upon her, as when thou plasterest with mud and chopped straw the pavilion]; الفَدَن signifying القَصْر. (S, K: [but in the former, only the latter hemistich is cited; and in some copies of the former, and in the O, we find بَطَّنْتَ in the place of طَيَّنْتَ.])فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَرَى سِمَنٌ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا طَيَّنْتَ بِالفَدَنِ السَّيَاعَا
2 Also Fat with which a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag] is anointed.
3 And
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