صيد

رَجُلٌ صَيَّادٌ ذ [ A man accustomed to, or in the habit of, taking, capturing, catching, snaring, or trapping, game, i. e. any kind of wild animals, or the like, fowl, &c., or fish; a sportsman; a hunter, a fowler, or a fisherman: see 1, second sentence]: (Msb:) and ↓ صَيُودٌ signifies the same as صَيَّادٌ: (K:) you say كَلْبٌ صَيُودٌ [ A dog used for hunting ]: (S, A:) and صَقْرٌ صَيُودٌ [ A hawk used for catching game ]: and the same epithet is applied to a female: (M:) its pl. is صُيُدٌ (S, M, A) and صِيدٌ; (Yoo, Sb, S, M;) the latter of the dial. of those, (S, M,) namely, the tribe of Temeem, (M,) who say رُسْلٌ [for رُسُلٌ]; (S, M;) the ص being with kesr in order that the ى may be preserved unchanged. (S.) ― -b2- See also أَصْيَدُ, last sentence.