صدن
صَيْدَنٌ A firm, strong, or compact, building. (
M.)
b2: And A firm, strong, or compact, garment, or piece of cloth: (
M:) or a [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء that is stout, or strong, or that is thick, or compact, in texture. (
K.)
b3: and A king; (
S,
M,
K;) because of the firmness of his rule, or his state, or condition; as also ↓ صَيْدَنَانِىٌّ and صَيْدَلَانِىٌّ. (
M.)
b4: And A fox; (
S,
M,
K;) as also ↓ صَيْدَنَانِىٌّ: (
K:) or الصَّيْدَنُ is one of the names thereof. (
TA.)
b5: And The hyena. (
K.)
b6: See also صَيْدَنَانِىٌّ.
b7: Also A species of fly, that makes a buzzing sound over the herbage. (IKh,
TA.)
b8: And, as also صَيْدَلٌ, Stones [i. e. pieces of ore] of silver: to which are likened what are termed حِجَارَةٌ العَقَاقِيرِ. (
IDrst,
TA. [See صَيْدَلٌ; and see also صَيْدَانٌ, below.]) صَيْدَانٌ Pieces of silver, (
M,
TA,) when struck from the stone [or ore] thereof: (
TA:)
n. un. with ة. (
M,
TA.) [See also صَيْدَنٌ, above, last signification. And see صَيْدَانٌ in art. صيد.]
b2: And Stone cooking-pots: (
M,
TA:) in this sense [likewise] a
coll. gen. n.:
n. un. with ة. (
IB and
L in art. صيد, in which it is mentioned in the
S and
L and
K.) [See, again, صَيْدَانٌ, and also صَيْدَآءُ, in art. صيد.]
b3: And Small pebbles: (
IAar,
M,
TA:) or so صَيْدَانُ الحَصَى. (
L in art. صيد.) صَيْدَانَةٌ [as a
n. un.: see صَيْدَانٌ, above.
b2: Also] Rugged, hard ground, in which is fine stone. (
M,
TA.)
b3: See also two other significations (mentioned here in the
TA) in art. صيد.
صَيْدَنَانِىٌّ A certain creeping thing, (دَابَّةٌ,
M,) or a small creeping thing, (دُوَيْبَّةٌ,
S,
K,) that makes for itself a habitation in the ground, (
S,
M,
K,) within the ground, (
M,) and conceals it; (
S,
M,
K;) i. e. covers it over; (
M;) so says A 'Obeyd; (
S;) also called ↓ صَيْدَنٌ: (
S,
K:)
accord. to IKh, a certain small creeping thing (دويبّة) that collects pieces of stick, or wood, from the plants:
accord. to
IAar, a certain creeping thing (دَابَّةٌ) having many legs, so many that they cannot be counted, which are short and long. (
TA.)
b2: See also صَيْدَنٌ, in two places.
b3: Also
i. q. صَيْدَلَانِىٌّ (
S,
Mgh,
K,
TA) as meaning A seller of medicines, (
Mgh,) or of perfumes: so called as being likened to the small creeping thing mentioned above: or from صَيْدَنٌ in a sense
expl. above as
syn. with صَيْدَلٌ. (
TA.)