سَدَسَ القَوْمَ

, (S, M, Msb, K, *) aorist سَدُسَ , (S, M, Msb,) verbal noun سَدْسٌ, (M, Msb, TA,) He took the sixth part of the possessions of the people. (M, Msb, K.)

And سَدَسَ القَوْمَ, aorist سَدِسَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) verbal noun سَدْسٌ, (Msb, TA,) He was, or became, the sixth of the people: (M, Msb, K:) or he made them, with himself, six. (S in article ثلث.) And He made the people, they being fifty-nine, to be sixty with himself. (A 'Obeyd, S in article ثلث.) And سَدَسَ also signifies He made fifteen to be sixteen. (T in article ثلث.)