سُود

sawodN * A safoH (M, K, TA) of a mountain, (M, TA,) [app. meaning, in this case, a low tract at the base, or foot, of a mountain, ] forming a narrow strip of ground, (M, TA,) rough and black, (M,) or level, abounding with black stones, (K, TA,) which are rough, and the predominant colour whereof is blackness; seldom found but at a mountain in which is a mine: so says Lth: or a piece of ground in which are black rough stones resembling dry human dung: (TA:) or land, or ground, in which blackness predominates, which is seldom anywhere but at a mountain in which is a mine: (Msb:) pl. A^asowaAdN : (M, TA:) and ↓ sawodapN signifies a portion thereof; (M, Msb, K, TA;) and the pl. of this is sawodaAtN , and the pl. of sawodaAtN is ↓ A^asowaAdatN , which occurs in a trad. (TA.)