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مائِدَة

Word

Noun · pattern فعئِلَة

Root

م ء د

Forms

Plural
مَوائِد

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إِذْ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ۖ قَالَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ

The Qurʾān, page 126 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 9 entries
  • مَأَدَ Form I was, or became, flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple
    , aor. , (S, L, K,) inf. n. مَأْدٌ, (S, L,) It (a plant, L, K, and a tree, L, and a branch, S, L) was, or became, flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (L:) or it quivered, shook, or played loosely, and was, or became, succulent, or sappy, (L, K,) and flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (K:) it (a branch or twig) became filled with its first sap: and مَوأُدَ, aor. , it (a plant) became succulent, or sappy. (L.) يَمْأَدُ مَأْدًا حَسَنًا It (a branch) is [beautifully] soft, tender, and supple, and quivering. (S, L.)
  • امأد Form IV caused
    It (the imbibing of moisture, L, K, and the [rain or season called] رَبِيع, and the like, L) caused a plant [or tree or branch] to become flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (L:) or to quiver, shake, or play loosely, and to become succulent, or sappy, (L, K,) and flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple. (K).
  • امتأد خَيْرًا Form VIII He gained, or acquired, good, or prosperity
    He gained, or acquired, good, or prosperity. (S, L, K.)
  • مَأْدٌ flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple
    and ↓ يَمْوأُودٌ A [plant or tree or] branch [flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: see 1: or] quivering, shaking, or playing loosely, and succulent, or sappy, flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (K:) or a plant [or tree] or branch soft, tender, and supple; (S, L;) and ↓ مَيأِيدٌ signifies the same, (K,) applied to a branch; and so ↓ مَايأِدٌ: (TA:) which last also signifies a branch succulent, or sappy; and so مَأْدٌ, (L,) and ↓ مُمْأَدٌ: (TA:) and (as some say, L) مَأْدٌ signifies soft, tender, or supple, applied to anything. (L, K.) ― -b2- In like manner, مَأْدٌ and ↓ يَمْوأُودٌ are applied to (assumed tropical:) a man: (K:) and مَأْدَةٌ (TA) and يَمْوأُودَةٌ and يَمْوأُودٌ to a female. (K.) You say رَجُلٌ مَأْدٌ, (L,) and يَمْوأُودٌ, (S, L,) (assumed tropical:) A young, and soft, or tender, man: and إِمْرَأَةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (L,) and يَمْوأُودَةٌ, (S, L,) and يَمْوأُودٌ, (L,) (assumed tropical:) a young, and soft, or tender woman: (S, L:) and جَارِيةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (K,) and يَمْوأُودَةٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) a soft, or tender, damsel: (K:) and جاريةٌ مَأْدَةُ الشَّبَابِ, and مَادَةٌ, without ء, (assumed tropical:) a damsel having youthful softness, thinness of skin, and plumpness. (L.) ― -b3- مَأْدُ الشَّبَابِ (assumed tropical:) The softness, or tenderness, of youth. (L.) ― -b4- مَكَانٌ ثَأْدٌ مَأْدٌ [A place moist and soft]; (S, L;) as also ↓ ثَيأِدٌ مَيأِدٌ. (T, art. ثأد.) -A2- مَأْدٌ The moisture that exudes from the earth, before it springs forth: (L, K:) of the dial. of Syria. (L.)
  • مَيأِدٌ Open entry
    : see مَأْدٌ.
  • مَيأِيدٌ Open entry
    : see مَأْدٌ.
  • مَايأِدٌ Open entry
    : see مَأْدٌ.
  • مُمْأَدٌ Open entry
    : see مَأْدٌ.
  • يَمْوأُودٌ Open entry
    : see مَأْدٌ.

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