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صدن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a pharmacist or apothecary, and by extension, things associated with them or their trade. It also extends to terms for small creatures and, in a more abstract sense, to a king or ruler.

Derived headwords

الصيدنانnoun
  1. 1.
    apothecaryboth

    A person who prepares and sells medicines and drugs; a pharmacist.

الصيدلانىnoun
  1. 1.
    apothecaryboth

    A person who prepares and sells medicines and drugs; a pharmacist.

الصيدنانىnoun
  1. 1.
    the pharmacistboth

    the pharmacist

الصيدنnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small creature that makes a home for itself in the ground and seals it up.

  2. 2.
    foxclassical

    A fox.

  3. 3.
    kingclassical

    A king or ruler.

Parallel reading

الصيدنان: الصيدلانى.
Al-Saydanan: the apothecary.
والصيدنانى أيضا: دويبة، قال أبو عبيد: تعمل لنفسها بيتا في الأرض وتعميه.
And al-Saydanani also: a small creature, Abu Ubayd said: it makes a home for itself in the ground and seals it up.
ويقال له: الصيدن أيضا.
And it is also called: al-Saydan.
كأن خليفي زورها ورحاهما * بنى مكوين ثلما بعد صيدن
As if the two sides of its hump and their millstones * were built by Makwayn, a breach after a fox.
والصيدن: الثعلب.
And al-Saydan: the fox.
والصيدن: الملك.
And al-Saydan: the king.
إنى إذا استغلق باب الصيدن
Indeed, when the door of the king is shut.