سدو

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root س-د-و primarily relates to stretching, extending, and moving with a wide gait, particularly for animals like camels and horses. It also encompasses concepts of playing, weaving, and the state of being relaxed or neglected.

Derived headwords

سَدَا بِيَدِهِverb

1.
stretched his handboth
To stretch out one's hand or limb, similar to how camels extend their legs while walking.

سدا بيده نحو الشيء — He stretched his hand towards the thing

سَدْوًاnoun

1.
stretchingboth
The act of stretching out hands or limbs.
2.
wide gaitboth
The extended stride or gait of an animal, especially a camel or horse.
3.
playingclassical
The act of playing, specifically children playing with nuts.

سدا بيديه سدوا: مدهما — He stretched his hands, stretching them

سدا الصبي بالجوز يسدو سدوا: لعب — The boy played with nuts, playing with them

ما أحسن سدو رجليها وأتو يديها — How excellent is the stride of her legs and the reach of her hands

سَدَا الصبي بالجوزverb

1.
played with nutsclassical
To play with nuts, throwing them into a hole. This is a variant of a word using 'zay'.

سدا الصبي بالجوز — The boy played with nuts

استَدَىverb

1.
stretched outboth
To stretch out one's hands, often in the context of giving or reaching.
2.
rode uponboth
To ride upon or ascend something.
3.
followedboth
To follow or catch up to someone or something.
4.
became relaxedclassical
For dates (busr) to become relaxed in their clusters.
5.
sweatedclassical
For a horse to sweat.

ناج يعنيهن بالإيعاط إذا استدى نوهن بالسياط — He addressed them with giving when he stretched out his hands to them with whips

فلما دنوت تسديتها — When I drew near, I rode upon it

تسداه: تبعه ولحقه — He followed him and caught up to him

أسدى النخل: سدي بسره — The palm trees became relaxed in their dates

استدى الفرس: عرق — The horse sweated

سَدَتِ الناقةverb

1.
extended its strideboth
For a she-camel to extend its stride and widen its gait while walking.

سدت الناقة تسدو سدوا: تذرعت في المشي واتسع خطوها — The she-camel extended its stride, widening its gait

سَدْوُnoun

1.
strideboth
The stride or gait of an animal, particularly the way it extends its legs.
2.
headlong rushclassical
A headlong rush or charge in movement, applicable to camels and horses.
3.
directionclassical
A direction or course of action, often in speech or movement.

يا رب سلم سدوهن الليله وليلة أخرى وكل ليله — O Lord, keep their stride safe tonight and another night and every night

السدو: ركوب الرأس في السير يكون في الإبل وفي الخيل — The headlong rush: a headlong charge in movement, occurring in camels and horses

خطب الأمير فما زال على سدو واحد — The prince gave a speech and remained on one course of rhetoric

سَوَادِيnoun

1.
legs/limbsclassical
The legs or limbs of a camel, named for their stretching motion.
2.
good walkerclassical
A camel that has a good and extended gait.

ونوق سواد — And camels with extended strides

والسوادي: قوائم الناقة — And the 'suwadi': the legs of the she-camel

سَدِيَ البسرverb

1.
became relaxedclassical
For unripe dates (busr) to become relaxed in their clusters, often indicating ripeness or softness.

سدي البسر، كرضي، سدى: استرخت تفاريقه — The dates became relaxed, their clusters loosened

سَدًىnoun

1.
relaxed datesclassical
Unripe dates whose clusters have become relaxed and soft.
2.
dewyclassical
Describing something that is moist or dewy.
3.
uselessclassical
Someone or something that is neither beneficial nor harmful.

ينحت منهن السدى والحصل — From them are carved the relaxed dates and the hard ones

وسديت الليلة: كثرنداها، فهي سدية — And the night was dewy: its moisture was abundant, so it was dewy

ما أنت بلحمة ولا سداة — You are neither meat nor useless

أسْدَى النخلverb

1.
produced relaxed datesclassical
For palm trees to produce dates that have become relaxed and soft.
2.
left neglectedclassical
To leave something unattended, abandoned, or neglected.

أسدى النخل: سدي بسره — The palm trees produced relaxed dates

أسداه: تركه سدى، أي مهملا — He left it neglected, meaning abandoned

سَدِيَّةnoun

1.
relaxed dateclassical
A single unripe date whose cluster has become relaxed and soft.
2.
dewyclassical
Describing land or a night that is abundant with moisture.

الواحدة سدية — The singular is 'sadiyyah'

وسديت الأرض: كثرنداها من السماء كان أو من الأرض، فهي سدية على فعلة — And the land was dewy: its moisture was abundant from the sky or from the earth, so it was dewy

السَّادِيadjective

1.
the sixthclassical
The ordinal number 'sixth', used as a substitute for the word derived from 'sitt' (six).
2.
good walkerclassical
Describing a camel that has a good, extended gait.

فزوجك خامس وحموك! سادي — Your husband is the fifth, and your father-in-law is the sixth!

والسادي: الحسن السير من الإبل، كالزادي — And the 'sadi': the one with a good gait among camels, like the 'zadi'

الأسَدِيّadjective

1.
wovenclassical
Referring to a garment that has been woven.

والأسدي، كتركي: الثوب المسدى — And 'al-asadi', like 'turki': the woven garment

أسدى بينهم حديثاًverb

1.
wove a storyclassical
To weave or fabricate a story or conversation among people.

أسدى بينهم حديثا: نسجه، وهو على المثل — He wove a story among them: he fabricated it, and it is a proverb

سُدِيَتِ الليلةverb

1.
was dewyclassical
For the night to be abundant with dew or moisture.

وسديت الليلة: كثرنداها، فهي سدية — And the night was dewy: its moisture was abundant, so it was dewy

سَدِيَتِ الأرضverb

1.
was dewyclassical
For the land to be abundant with moisture, whether from rain or from the earth.

سَدَاةnoun

1.
useless personclassical
A person who is neither helpful nor harmful; insignificant.

فما تأتوا يكن حسنا جميلا وما تسدوا لمكرمة تنير — So whatever you do, it will not be beautiful, and you are not a 'sadah' for any honorable deed

تسدّى الأمرverb

1.
overcame the matterclassical
To overcome or conquer a matter or situation.
2.
took from aboveclassical
To take something from a superior position or from above.

وتسدى الأمر قهره — And he overcame the matter, conquering it

وتسدى جاريته: علاها — And he took his female slave from above: he mounted her

سَدْوٌnoun

1.
extended gaitclassical
A camel's gait characterized by stretching its legs forward.

ناقة سدو، كعدو؛ تمد يديها في سيرها وتطرحهما — A camel with an extended gait, like 'adw; it stretches its legs forward in its walk and throws them

Parallel reading

سدا بيده نحو الشيء

He stretched his hand towards the thing

سدا بيديه سدوا: مدهما

He stretched his hands, stretching them

سدا الصبي بالجوز يسدو سدوا: لعب

The boy played with nuts, playing with them

كأسدى فيهما، كذا في سائر النسخ والصواب كاستدى فيهما

As if he stretched out in them, as in all copies, and the correct reading is 'as if he stretched out in them'

ناج يعنيهن بالإيعاط إذا استدى نوهن بالسياط

He addressed them with giving when he stretched out his hands to them with whips

إذا سدا هذا البعير حمل سدوه هؤلاء القوم على أن يضربوا إبلهم فكأنهن نوهن بالسياط لما حملنهم على ذلك

If this camel stretches out, its stretching will compel these people to beat their camels, as if they were signaled by whips when they carried them

وسدو الصبيان بالجوز واستداؤهم لعبهم به

And the boys playing with nuts and their playing with them

سدت الناقة تسدو سدوا: تذرعت في المشي واتسع خطوها

The she-camel extended its stride, widening its gait

ما أحسن سدو رجليها وأتو يديها

How excellent is the stride of her legs and the reach of her hands

يا رب سلم سدوهن الليله وليلة أخرى وكل ليله

O Lord, keep their stride safe tonight and another night and every night

يتبعن سدو رسلة تبدح أي تمد ضبعيها

They follow the stride of a she-camel stretching her forelegs

ونوق سواد

And camels with extended strides

خدت سواديهما بالواخدات الزواجل

Their legs were struck by the sharp goads

فلما دنوت تسديتها

When I drew near, I rode upon it

بسرو حمير أبوال البغال به أنى تسديت وهنا ذلك البي

In the dung of donkeys, the urine of mules, how did you ride upon it, and that was the weakness

تسداه: تبعه ولحقه

He followed him and caught up to him

سدي البسر، كرضي، سدى: استرخت تفاريقه

The dates became relaxed, their clusters loosened

أسدى النخل: سدي بسره

The palm trees became relaxed in their dates

ينحت منهن السدى والحصل

From them are carved the relaxed dates and the hard ones

إذا وقع البلح وقد استرخت تفاريقه وندي يقال: هذا بلح سد

When the dates fall and their clusters have loosened and are moist, it is said: these are 'sad' dates

استدى الفرس: عرق

The horse sweated

السديا، كحميا: د قربه على مرحلتين

Al-Sadiya, like Hammiya: a place near it, two stages away

فزوجك خامس وحموك! سادي

Your husband is the fifth, and your father-in-law is the sixth!

والأسدي، كتركي: الثوب المسدى

And 'al-asadi', like 'turki': the woven garment

أسدى بينهم حديثا: نسجه، وهو على المثل

He wove a story among them: he fabricated it, and it is a proverb

وسديت الليلة: كثرنداها، فهي سدية

And the night was dewy: its moisture was abundant, so it was dewy

وسديت الأرض: كثرنداها من السماء كان أو من الأرض، فهي سدية على فعلة

And the land was dewy: its moisture was abundant from the sky or from the earth, so it was dewy

وكل رطب ند: فهو سد

And every moist thing is 'sad'

ما أنت بلحمة ولا سداة

You are neither meat nor useless

فما تأتوا يكن حسنا جميلا وما تسدوا لمكرمة تنير

So whatever you do, it will not be beautiful, and you are not a 'sadah' for any honorable deed

أسداه: تركه سدى، أي مهملا

He left it neglected, meaning abandoned

وتسدى الأمر قهره

And he overcame the matter, conquering it

وتسدى جاريته: علاها

And he took his female slave from above: he mounted her

طلبت الأمر فأسديته: أي أصبته

I sought the matter and achieved it: meaning I attained it

ناقة سدو، كعدو؛ تمد يديها في سيرها وتطرحهما

A camel with an extended gait, like 'adw; it stretches its legs forward in its walk and throws them

والسدو: ركوب الرأس في السير يكون في الإبل وفي الخيل

The headlong rush: a headlong charge in movement, occurring in camels and horses

وسدا سدوه: نحا نحوه

He moved towards his direction: he moved towards it

خطب الأمير فما زال على سدو واحد: أي نحو واحد من السجع

The prince gave a speech and remained on one course of rhetoric: meaning one direction of rhyming prose

والسوادي: قوائم الناقة

And the 'suwadi': the legs of the she-camel

والسادي: الحسن السير من الإبل، كالزادي

And the 'sadi': the one with a good gait among camels, like the 'zadi'