صَرْدٌ
1.
(S, M, L, K) and
صَرَدٌ, (M, L,) the former a simple subst. and the latter a verbal noun, (Lth,) and
صَرِيدٌ, (TA,) Cold, or coldness: (S, M, L, K:) or intense cold: (M, L:) صَرْدٌ is a Pers. word, [originally سَرْد,] arabicized: (S, K:) or, according to a number of authors, it is an Arabic word adopted by the Persians. (MF.) One says يَوْمُ صَرْدٍ and
صَرَدٍ [A day of cold: or of intense cold]. (A.)
2.
For the former, see also صَرِدٌ, in two places.
4.
صَرْدٌ signifies also Pure, unmixed, unadulterated, or genuine; (S, M, L, K;) applied to beverage, (L,) such as is termed نَبِيذ, (S, L,) and to wine, (L,) and to anything. (M, K.) One says كَذِبٌ صَرْدٌ (assumed tropical:) An unmixed lie. (S, L.) And أُحِبُّهُ حُبًّا صَرْدًا
I love him with a pure, genuine, or sincere, love. (AZ, S, L.)
5.
[Hence,] جَيْشٌ صَرْدٌ (assumed tropical:) An army composed only of the sons of one father or ancestor: (L:) or an army altogether consisting of sons of one's paternal uncle [meaning of one's relations]: (AO:) or, (M, A, L, K,) and
جَيْشٌ صَرِدٌ (M, A, L) and
صَرَدٌ, (K,) (assumed tropical:) A great army; (K;) (tropical:) an army that appears, from the slowness of its motion, by reason of its great number, to be inanimate. (M, A, L.)
6.
See also صُرَدٌ, near the end.