Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

صدّرهُ

Root: صدر

Form: 2

Full Definition

صدّرهُII : see 4.

def.2 صدّر بَعِيرَهُ, Verbal.Noun تَصْدِيرٌ, He tied a cord from the girth of his camel to the part behind [or beyond] the callous lump on his breast: or, accord. to Lth, one says, صدّر عَنْ بَعِيرِهِ, and the meaning is, he tied a cord from the تَصْدِير [or breast-girth] to the part behind [or beyond] the callous lump on the breast of his camel, to keep the تصدير in its place, when it had become loose in consequence of the animal's having become lank in the belly: the cord above mentioned is called سِنَافٌ [q. v.].
2 And صدّر عَلَى البَعِيرِ [app. He put the breast-girth upon the camel]: from التَّصْدِيرُ, i. e. “ the girth ” [thus called].
3 صُدِّرَ His breast became wetted with sweat. See 5.
4 صدّرهُ, or صدّرهُ فِى المَجْلِسِ, He placed him, or seated him, in the upper, or highest, part in the sitting-room, or sitting-place. And صُدِّرَ He was advanced, or promoted.
5 صدّر كِتَابَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He put to his book, or writing, a صَدْر, i. e. a title, or a commencement. And صدّر كِتَابَهُ بِكَذَا [He commenced his book, or writing, with such a thing].

def.3 See also 5, where it is expl. as intrans., in two places.


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