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صَيْخَدٌ

Root: صخد

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صَيْخَدٌ : see صَخَدَانٌ.
2 Also الصَّيْخَدُ, or صَيْخَدُ الشَّمْسِ, The rays (عَيْن) of the sun: so called because of the heat thereof. One says, ذَابَ صَيْخَدُ الشَّمْسِ [The rays of the sun became intensely hot], and اِسْتَذَابَ الصَّيْخَدُ [which means the same].
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