تَصْدِيَة

2 taSodiyapN * signifies The clapping with the hands; syn. taSofiyqN ; (S, K;) accord. to Er-Rághib, as being like the echo ( AlS~adaY ), inasmuch as there is no profit in it; (TA;) or it is from AlS~ad~u , because they [who practised it in their worship] used to turn away ( kaAnuwA yaSud~uwna ) from El-Islám; (K;) [see more in the second paragraph of art. Sd ;] and SadowN [an inf. n. of which the verb is ↓ SadaA ] signifies the same; (K;) and so ↓ taSad~K , of which AHeyth cites as an ex. the saying of Hassán SalaAtuhumu Alt~aSad~aY waAlmukaA='u [ Their prayer is the clapping with the hands, and whistling: like the saying in the Kur viii. 35]: (TA:) one says of a man, Sd~Y , (M,) or Sd~Y biyadayohi , (TA,) meaning He clapped with his hands; (M, TA;) [said to be] originally Sad~ada ; (M;) and biyadayohi ↓ SadaA , inf. n. SadowN [mentioned above], meaning the same. (TK.) -A2- also muSad~iyapN .