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سيع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

سَيَاعٌ ذ , (K,) or سِيَاعٌ, (S,) or both, (MF, TA,) Mud: (TA:) or mud [ mixed ] with chopped straw, with which one plasters. (Kr, S, K.) The saying of the poet, (S, K,) namely El-Kutámee, (K,) describing his she-camel, (TA,) فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَرَى سِمَنٌ عَلَيْهَا كَمَا طَيَّنْتَ بِالفَدَنِ السَّيَاعَا presents an inversion, the meaning being كما طيّنت بِالسِيَّاعِ الفَدَنِ [i. e. And when fatness extended upon her, as when thou plasterest with mud and chopped straw the pavilion ]; الفَدَن signifying القَصْر. (S, K: [but in the former, only the latter hemistich is cited; and in some copies of the former, and in the O, we find بَطَّنْتَ in the place of طَيَّنْتَ.]) ― -b2- Also Fat with which a مَزَادَة [or leathern water-bag ] is anointed. (K.) ― -b3- And (tropical:) Pitch, or tar; syn. زِفْتٌ; as being likened to mud, because of its blackness. (TA.)

Derived headwords

سَيَاعٌ
  1. 1.
فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَرَى سِمَنٌ عَلَيْهَا
كَمَا طَيَّنْتَ بِالفَدَنِ السَّيَاعَا
طيّنت بِالسِيَّاعِ الفَدَنِ