muṣdaʾ

rusty, oxidized

مُصْدَأ

Word

Adjective · pattern مُفْعَل

Root

ص د ء

From the same root

All words from ص د ء →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries
  • صَدِيأَ Form I He was of the colour termed صُدْأَة
    , (S, M, L, K,) aor. , (L,) inf. n. صَدَأٌ, (S, M,) said of a horse, (K, TA,) and of a kid, (S, TA,) [or a goat,] He was of the colour termed صُدْأَة [i. e. sorrel inclining to blackness; or blackness intermixed, or tinged over, with redness; or a colour like that of the rust of iron; probably from the same verb in the sense next following]; (S, M, L, K, TA;) as also صَدُوأَ, (K,) aor. ; (TA; [and it is implied in the K that the latter verb is syn. with the former in all its senses;]) but the former verb is that which is commonly known, and that alone which is required by analogy as a verb denoting a colour, and the latter is not known to have been heard; (MF, TA;) and in the L it is said that the verb in this sense is صَدِيأَ and ↓ اِصَّدَأَ, this latter [formed from اِصْطَدَأَ, originally اِصْتَدَأَ,] of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, (M, K,) صَدِيأَ, (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. as above, (S, Msb, TA,) and so the inf. n., (S, TA,) said of iron, It was, or became, rusty, or rusted; (S, M, Msb, K;) in which sense it is said also of the like of iron. (M.) -A2- And صَدِيأَ said of a man, He stood erect, and looked. (K.) -A3- صَدَأَ المِرْآةَ, aor. , (K,) inf. n. صَدْءٌ, (TK,) He polished the mirror, (K, TA,) i. e., removed from it the rust, (TA,) in order to use it as a collyrium; (K, TA;) as also ↓ صَدَّأَهَا, (K,) inf. n. تَصْدِيأَةٌ. (TA.) [Whether the mirrors of the Arabs were made of bronze, or of what other metal they were made, is not said. See also 1 in art. حلأ.] -A4- And, aor. as above, said of an owl, He uttered a cry or cries. (Sh, TA. [See also art. صدو.])
  • صَدَّاَ Form II Open entry
    see the preceding paragraph.
  • تصدّأ لَهُ Form V He addressed, or applied, or directed, himself, or his regard, or attention, or mind, to him, or it
    , (K,) as also تصدّع له, (TA,) i. q. تصدّى له, (K, TA,) which is the original, meaning تعرّض له [i. e. He addressed, or applied, or directed, himself, or his regard, or attention, or mind, to him, or it; &c.]. (TA.)
  • اِصَّدَأَ Form VIII Open entry
    : see 1, first sentence.
  • صَدَأٌ rust
    inf. n. of صَدِيأَ [q. v.]. (S, M.) ― -b2- Also [a subst.] signifying The rust of iron, (S, M, * TA,) and of copper and the like. (Har p. 481. [But there erroneously written صدآء.]) -A2- Also A man slender in body; (K, TA;) light, or active, therein: its ء is said to be substituted for ع. (TA. [See صَدَعٌ; and see also صَدًى.])
  • صَدِيأٌ My hand is disagreeable in smell
    [part. n. of صَدِيأَ, q. v.]. ― -b2- One says, يَدِى مِنَ الحَدِيدِ صَدِيأَةٌ My hand is disagreeable in smell [from the rust of iron]. (S.) ― -b3- And هُوَ صَاغِرٌ صَدِيأٌ (assumed tropical:) He is one to whom disgrace, or shame, and baseness, or meanness, attach. (S, K.) ― -b4- See also أَصْدَأُ.
  • صُدْأَةٌ A sorrel colour
    , (S, M, K,) in a horse, (S, K,) and in a goat, or kid, (S,) A sorrel colour (شُقْرَةٌ) inclining to blackness, (M, K, TA,) the latter predominating: (TA:) or blackness intermixed, or tinged over, with redness [app. like the rust of iron]. (S.)
  • أَصْدَأُ Of a sorrel colour
    , (S, M, K,) applied to a horse, (K, TA,) or to a kid, (TA,) Of a sorrel colour (i. e. of the colour termed شُقْرَة) inclining to blackness, (M, K, TA,) the latter predominating: (TA:) or, applied to a horse, and to a goat, or kid, (S,) or applied to a kid, (K,) of a black colour intermixed, or tinged over, with redness [app. like the rust of iron]: (S, K:) fem. صَدْآءُ (S, M, K,) and ↓ صَدِيأَةٌ. (M, L, TA.) And كُمَيْتٌ أَصْدَأُ [A bay, or dark bay, or brown, horse,] tinged over with dinginess. (S.) ― -b2- Also Rusty, or rusted; applied to iron and the like. (M.) ― -b3- And [hence] كَتِيبَةٌ صَدْآءُ, (M, and so in copies of the K,) or صَدْأًى, (K accord. to the TA,) and the former also, (TA,) [A body of troops having their arms or armour] overspread with the rust of iron. (M, K.) ― -b4- And صَدْآءُ A land (أَرْضٌ) of which the stones are of a red colour inclining to blackness, and rugged, not even with the ground, these stones having beneath them [other] rough stones, or, sometimes, soil and stones. (Sh, L.)

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