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مُسْوَدًّا

Root: سود

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مُسْوَدًّا , in the Kur [xvi. 60 and xliii. 16], means [His face becomes, or continues, or continues all the day,] expressive of sorrow, or displeasure. And أَيَّامٌ مُسْوَدَّةٌ means [Days of] evil state or condition, and hardness, or difficulty, of living.
2 [مُسْوَدَّةٌ The first draught, or original copy, of a book, or the like: (not called مُسَوَّدَةٌ:) opposed to مُبْيَضَّةٌ, q. v.: probably postclassical.]
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