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سقد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of making a horse lean or fit for racing by reducing its fat. It also refers to a horse that has undergone this process and is therefore lean and well-trained.

Derived headwords

السَّقْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Lean horseclassical

    A horse that is lean and fit, typically prepared for racing or strenuous activity.

أسْقَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To make leanclassical

    To cause a horse to become lean and fit by reducing its fat, preparing it for racing or exertion.

سَقَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To make leanclassical

    To cause a horse to become lean and fit by reducing its fat, preparing it for racing or exertion.

سَقْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Making leanclassical

    The act or process of making a horse lean and fit.

Parallel reading

السَّقْدُ: الفَرَسُ المُضْمَرُ.
As-saqd: the lean horse.
وَقَدْ أَسْقَدَ فَرَسَهُ وَسَقَدَهُ يَسْقُدُهُ سَقْدًا وَسَقَدَهُ: ضَمَرَهُ؛
And he made his horse lean, and he made it lean, he makes it lean, making it lean, and he made it lean: he made it lean;
وَفِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي وَائِلٍ: فَخَرَجْتُ فِي السَّحَرِ أَسْقُدُ فَرَسًا أَيْ أُضْمِرُهُ،
And in the hadith of Abu Wa'il: 'So I went out at dawn making a horse lean, meaning, I was making it lean.'
وَفِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ مُعِيزٍ: خَرَجْتُ بِفَرَسٍ لِأَسْقُدَهُ أَيْ لِأُضْمِرَهُ.
And in the hadith of Ibn Mu'izz: 'I went out with a horse to make it lean, meaning, to make it lean.'