sirdāb
cellar, crypt, tunnel
سِرْداب
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NounRoot
س ر د ء بForms
- Plurals
- سَرادِب، سَرادِيب
In the library
قال، فسرنا إلى البئر، ففتح سردابا ونزلنا، فأمرني أن لا أذكر اسم الله تعالى.
The Exquisite in Every Art, page 54 →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
سِرْدَابٌ A subterranean structure, for the summer
, an arabicized word, (K,) from [the Pers.] سَرْدٌ [i. e. “ cold ”] and آبْ [“ water ”], (TA,) A subterranean structure, for the summer: (El-Ahmar, K:) or a narrow place into which one enters: (Msb:) [applied in the present day to a cellar, or subterranean vault, in which anything is put to be kept cool:] pl. سَرَادِبُ (Msb) [or سَرَادِيبُ]. -
السِّرْدَابِيَّةُ A people of those who compose the extravagant zealots of the
A people of those who compose the extravagant zealots of the [sect called] رَافِضَة [q. v.], who expect El-Mahdee's coming forth from the سِرْدَاب that is in Rei, wherefore they bring a saddled and bridled horse every Friday, after the prayer [of the congregations at noon], saying, “ O Imám: in the name of God: ” three times. (TA.)
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