صند
صِنْدِدٌ: see what follows, in three places.
صِنْدِيدٌ A courageous lord or chief; (
S,
L,
K;) as also ↓ صِنْدِدٌ: (
K:) or a great, or big, and courageous, lord or chief: (
A:) or a great, or big, and courageous, king: (
M:) or the former, (
As,
IAar,
L,) or ↓ the latter, (
K,) a noble lord or chief: (
As,
L,
K:) or a liberal, bountiful, munificent, or generous, lord or chief: or a clement, or forbearing, lord or chief: (
IAar,
L,
K:) a defender of an army: (
IAar,
L:) جَمَاعَةُ العَسْكَرِ, by which the
pl. الصَّنَادِيدُ is
expl. in the
K, is a mistake for حُمَاةُ العَسْكَرِ, the words used by
IAar: (
TA:) a nobleman: a great man: (
L:) or a great chief: (
Kf:) one who presides over a people and their affairs of importance and things in general: or a lord, or chief, eminent among his people, possessing the qualities of courage and liberality or munificence or generosity, who overcomes those that act with hostility and opposition towards him: (
MF:)
pl. صَنَادِيدُ. (
IAar,
A,
L.)
Accord. to some, the ن is augmentative; and the word is derived from الصَّدُّ, “the act of turning away; ” and seems to have been formed to denote an intensive signification. (
MF.) Also Overcoming, (
K,
TA,) and great. (
TA.) دَآءُ الصَّنَادِيدِ is The disease called ذَاتُ الجَنْبِ. (
T in art. جنب.)
b2: Also A calamity; a misfortune; or a great, or formidable, event: (
TA:)
pl. as above. (
S,
M,
A,
K.) Hence the saying of El-Hasan, نَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنْ صَنَادِيدِ القَدَرِ We seek protection by God from the calamities, &c., of destiny: (
S,
M: *) or from its great and overpowering afflictions. (
L.)
b3: Also, (
accord. to the
TA,) or ↓ صِنْدِدٌ, (
accord. to the
K,) An isolated ledge of a mountain. (
K,
TA.)
b4: رِيحٌ صِنْدِيدٌ (
tropical:) Violent wind. (
A,
K.)
b5: بَرْدٌ صِنْدِيدٌ (
tropical:) Vehement, or intense, cold. (
A,
K.)
b6: One says, مَرَّتْ عَلَيْنَا صَنَادِيدُ مِنْ بَرْدٍ (
tropical:) Times of intense cold befell us. (
A.) [See also another
ex. voce صَخَدَانٌ.]
b7: and حَرٌّ صِنْدِيدٌ (
tropical:) Vehement, or intense, heat. (
A.) One says يَوْمٌ حَامِى الصِنْدِيدِ, (
Th,
M,
L,) or الصَّنَادِيدِ, (
A,
K,) A day of vehement, or intense, heat. (
Th,
M,
A,
L,
K.)
b8: غَيْثٌ صِنْدِيدٌ (
tropical:) Rain consisting of large drops: (
S,
K:) or that falls in large quantity:
pl. غُيُوثٌ صَنَادِيدُ. (
A.) And one says, رَمَتِ السَّمَآءُ بِصَنَادِيدِ البَرَدِ (
tropical:) The sky cast down large hail-stones. (
A.)
b9: الصَّنَادِيدُ مِنَ السَّحَابِ (assumed
tropical:) Great clouds: (
M:) or clouds that pour forth much rain, in large drops. (
L.)
