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سَدِيدٌ ذ , applied to a spear, Seldom missing; and [to the same, and] to an arrow, that hits the mark; (TA;) and to a saying, (S, M, L,) as also ↓ سَدَادٌ (M, L) and ↓ سَدَدٌ ; (L;) and an action; (TA;) and an affair, as also ↓ أَسَدُّ ; (S, A, L;) right, direct, or in a right state; having, or taking, a right direction or tendency; tending towards the right point or object: (S, M, A, L, TA:) and ↓ سِدٌّ , applied to speech, signifies the same; (TA;) and true. (K, TA.) ― -b2- And applied to a man, meaning Who pursues a right course; as also ↓ أَسَدٌّ ; (M;) and [in an intensive sense] ↓ سَدَّادٌ : (TA:) or, (Msb,) as also ↓ مُسِدٌّ , (S,) who hits the right thing in his saying (S, Msb) and in his action. (Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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