س • ن • د • ر

: see the next paragraph but one.

(M, K) inf. n. of سَنْدَرَ, which signifies He (a man) went quickly: (TK:) [or was quick or expeditious:] syn. of the former سُرْعَةٌ: (M, K:) Sgh mentions it in art. سدر, regarding the ن as augmentative. (TA.) Hence, accord. to some, the saying of 'Alee,

أَنَا الَّذِى سَمَّتْنِ أُمِّى حَيْدَرَهْ

كَلَيْثِ غَابَاتٍ غَلِيظِ القَصَرَهْ

أَكِيلُكُمْ بالسَّيْفِ كَيْلَ السَّنْدَرَهْ

[I am he whom my mother named Heydereh, like a lion of forests, thick in the neck: I will measure you with the sword with a quick measuring:] meaning, I will slay you quickly, before flight. (TA. [But see what follows.]) A large, or an ample, sort of كَيْل [or measuring]: (M, K:) so expl. by some in the saying of 'Alee above quoted: or in that saying it is from سَنْدَرَةُ as the name of a certain woman, who used to sell wheat and give full measure, or of a man who did so. (TA.) [See also سَنْدَرَةٌ as a subst., below.] Also The being bold, or daring: or boldness, or daringness. (TA.) And The being sharp in affairs, and acting with penetrative energy: or sharpness in affairs, and penetrative energy. (TA.)

A man quick, or expeditious, (K, TA,) in his affairs; who strives, exerts himself, or is diligent, therein. (TA.) And the pl. سَنَادِرَةٌ signifies [the contr., or] Persons without occupation; people of sport and idleness; as also سَبَادِرَةٌ. (TA.) Also, the sing., Bold, or daring; (O, K, TA;) who makes a boast of more than he possesses. (TA.) The lion; (K;) because of his boldness, or daringness. (TA.) Strong, or vehement; (O, K;) thus applied to anything. (TA.) Tall, or long; (O, K;) thus in the dial. of Hudheyl. (O.) Large in the eyes. (K.) Good: and the contr., i. e. bad. (M, K.) A certain sort of arrows, and of arrow-heads or the like: (M:) or the white of these, (M, K,) i. e. of the latter: (K:) and a spear-head very clear or bright, (K, TA,) and sharp: (TA:) or, applied to an arrow, it means made of the tree called سَنْدَرَة: (S * in art. سدر, and M, and TA:) and قَوْسٌ سَنْدَرِيَّةٌ means a bow made of that tree: (TA:) or a bow having its string braced, and strongly, or skilfully, or well, made. (K, TA.) Also A species of bird. (K.) See also the next preceding paragraph.

A man bold, or daring, in his affair, not frightened at anything. (TA.)