سُوَيْدٌ
1.
the abbreviated diminutive of أَسْوَدُ: (S, Mgh, Msb:) see the latter.
2.
Also [as a subst., or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates,] Water; (M, Mgh, L;) as also
أَسْوَدُ: (M: [but see الأَسْوَدَانِ, voce أَسْوَدُ:]) the former is [said to be] used in this sense in negative phrases only: (M, L:) one says, مَاسَقَاهُمْ مِنْ
سُوَيْدٍ قَطْرَةً
He gave them not to drink a drop of water. (M, Mgh, * L.)
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