قُعْدُدٌ

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قُعْدُدٌ Nearness of relationship.
2 ذُو قُعْدُدٍ A man nearly related to [the father of] the tribe. [And] قُعْدُدٌ and قُعْدَدٌ and and أَقْعَدُ and النَّسَبِ, A man near in lineage to the chief, or oldest, ancestor [of his family or tribe]; contr. of طَرِفٌ and طَرِيفٌ: (S, M, K in art. طرف:) and the first, The next of kin to the chief, or oldest, ancestor [of his family]; and contr., remote in lineage therefrom: [in the former sense, an epithet of praise:] in the latter sense, an epithet of dispraise: or, as some say, of praise: or, in the first sense, it is an epithet of praise in one point of view, because dominion, or power, or authority, belong to the elder; and of dispraise in another point of view, because the person so termed is of the sons of the very old, and weakness is attributed to him.
3 المِيرَاثُ القُعْدُدُ The inheritance of him who is nearest of kin to the deceased.
4 قُعْدُدٌ A cowardly and ignoble man, who holds back, or abstains, from war and from generous actions; as also قُعْدَدٌ .
5 A man withheld from eminence, or nobility, by his lineage; as also مُقْعَدٌ .
6 An obscure man; ignoble; of low rank; as also قُعْدَدٌ .

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