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صرد

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of coldness, scarcity, and intensity. It extends to meanings of pure, unadulterated things, and also describes a specific bird and physical attributes.

Derived headwords

الصردnoun
  1. 1.
    Purity, unadulteratedclassical

    Meaning pure, unadulterated, or genuine. It is used to describe something in its absolute form.

  2. 2.
    Coldclassical

    Refers to intense cold, often used to describe weather conditions. It is considered a Persian loanword adapted into Arabic.

  3. 3.
    Birdboth

    A specific type of bird, known by this name. The plural form is also 'صردان'.

  4. 4.
    White mark on a horseclassical

    A white mark or blemish on the back of a horse, resulting from saddle sores or pressure.

صَرَدverb
  1. 1.
    To be coldclassical

    To experience coldness quickly or intensely. This verb describes a rapid onset of cold.

  2. 2.
    To cease, to stopclassical

    To cease or stop doing something, to become indifferent or detached from it.

  3. 3.
    To penetrateclassical

    Used for an arrow that penetrates its target, signifying its sharpness and force.

صَرَدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense coldclassical

    The state or quality of being intensely cold. It is the verbal noun for the verb 'صرد' in its sense of experiencing cold.

  2. 2.
    Purity, intensityclassical

    The verbal noun indicating a state of being pure, unadulterated, or intense, as in 'حبا صردا' (pure love).

صَرُودadjective
  1. 1.
    Experiencing cold quicklyclassical

    Describes someone who feels the cold rapidly or intensely. It is the active participle of the verb 'صرد'.

  2. 2.
    Land of coldclassical

    Refers to a region or land characterized by intense cold, as opposed to being warm or fertile.

مِصْرَادadjective
  1. 1.
    Penetrating (arrow)classical

    An adjective describing an arrow that penetrates deeply or effectively. It is derived from the verb 'صرد' in its meaning of penetration.

  2. 2.
    Experiencing cold quicklyclassical

    Similar to 'صَرُود', it describes someone who is sensitive to cold and feels it quickly.

أَصْرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    To make penetrateclassical

    To cause an arrow to penetrate its target. This is the Form IV causative verb.

الصَّارِدadjective
  1. 1.
    Penetrating (arrow)classical

    An adjective for an arrow that penetrates, similar to 'مصراد'.

بنو الصاردname
  1. 1.
    Banu al-Sardclassical

    A lineage or group of Arabs, named after a progenitor called Al-Sard.

الصَّرْدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Two veins under the tongueclassical

    Two specific veins located beneath the tongue. Their prominence is linked to eloquence or glibness.

  2. 2.
    Birds (plural)both

    The plural form of 'الصرد', referring to the birds.

الصَّرَّادnoun
  1. 1.
    Thin, rainless cloudclassical

    A type of thin cloud that appears to be light and lacks rain. It is often described as shimmering.

التَّصْرِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Slight wateringclassical

    The act of watering lightly, less than a full irrigation. It implies giving just enough to sustain.

  2. 2.
    Giving littleclassical

    The act of giving or bestowing sparingly; reducing the amount given.

مُصَرَّدadjective
  1. 1.
    Given sparinglyclassical

    Describes something that is given in small quantities, or a person who gives little. It can refer to food, drink, or gifts.

  2. 2.
    Lightly wateredclassical

    Refers to something that has been watered minimally.

الصُّمَرَدnoun
  1. 1.
    She-camel with little milkclassical

    A female camel that produces very little milk. The lexicographer suggests the 'm' might be an addition.

Parallel reading

أحبه حبا صردا
He loved him with a pure, unadulterated love.
ونبيذ صرد
And pure wine.
وكذب صرد
And pure lies.
يوم صرد
A day of intense cold.
الصرود من البلاد: خلاف الجروم
A cold region is the opposite of fertile lands.
صرد الرجل بالكسر يصرد صردا فهو صرد ومصراد: يجد البرد سريعا
A man, when the cold strikes him (he feels it), becomes cold (صرد) and sensitive to cold (مصراد), finding the cold quickly.
أصبح قلبى صردا
My heart has become cold/indifferent.
لا يشتهى أن يردا
It does not desire to return.
صرد قلبي عن الشئ: انتهى عنه
My heart turned away from the thing: it ceased from it.
صرد السهم أيضا عن الرمية، أي نفذ حده
The arrow also penetrated the target, meaning its point went through.
وأصْرَدَه الرامي
And the archer made it penetrate.
سهم مصراد وصارد، أي نافذ
A penetrating arrow (مصراد) and a penetrating arrow (صارد), meaning one that pierces through.
والصردان: عرقان يستبطنان اللسان
And the two 'sardans': two veins that run along the underside of the tongue.
له صردان منطلق اللسان
He has two 'sardans' (veins) making his tongue glib.
والصرد: طائر، وجمعه صردان
And the 'sard': a bird, and its plural is 'sardans'.
والصرد أيضا: بياض يكون على ظهر الفرس من أثر الدبر
And the 'sard' also: a white mark on the back of a horse from the effect of saddle sores.
والصراد، بالضم والتشديد: غيم رقيق لاماء فيه
And the 'sarrad', with damma and shadda: a thin cloud with no rain in it.
والتصْريد في السقي دون الري
And 'tasrid' in watering is less than full irrigation.
والتصْريد في العطاء: تقليله
And 'tasrid' in giving: reducing it.
وشراب مصرد: أي مقلل
And a 'musarrad' drink: meaning reduced (in quantity).
وكذلك الذي يسقى قليلا أو يعطى قليلا
And likewise one who is watered little or given little.