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, aor. يَمِيدُ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and مَيَدَانٌ, (L, Msb, K,) It (a thing) was, or became in a state of motion, or commotion; was, or became agitated: (S, L, Msb, K:) or, in a state of violent motion or commotion; or violently agitated. (El-Basáïr, TA.) So in the expression in the Kur, [xvi. 15; and xxxi. 9;] أَنْ تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ Lest it (the earth) should be convulsed with you, and go round with you, and move you about violently. (El-Basáïr, TA.) ― -b2- مَادَ It turned or twisted about, or became contorted and convulsed. (IKtt.) ― -b3- مَادَ فِى الرُّمْحِ (tropical:) He (a man pierced) writhed upon the spear. (A.) ― -b4- مَادَ It (the mirage, سَرَاب,) was in a state of commotion; it quivered, or trembled. (L, K.) ― -b5- مَادَ (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, confounded, perplexed, or amazed. (TA.) ― -b6- مَادَ, (aor. يَمِيدُ, TA, inf. n. مَيْدٌ or مَيَدٌ, L,) (tropical:) He (a man, L,) became affected with a heaving of the stomach, or a tendency to vomit, and a giddiness in the head, by reason of intoxication, or of voyaging upon the sea. (L, K.) ― -b7- You say also مَادَ بِهِ البَحْرُ, aor. يَمِيدُ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ, (tropical:) The sea affected him with a heaving of the stomach, &c. (L.) And مَادَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ (tropical:) The ground went round with him. (A.) ― -b8- مَادَتِ الحَنْظَلَةُ, (aor. يَمِيدُ, L,) The colocynth became affected by day-dew, (L, K,) or by moisture, (L,) and in consequence, changed [in odour, or stinking]: (L, K:) and in like manner a date. (L.) ― -b9- مَادَ, (S, A, L,) inf. n. مَيْدٌ (L) and مَيَدَانٌ; (A;) and ↓ تمايد; (A;) It (a branch) inclined from side to side. (S, A, L.) ― -b10- (tropical:) He inclined from side to side in walking. (L.) ― -b11- مَادَ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ and مَيَدَانٌ, It inclined to one side: as the earth is, in a trad., described to have done before the mountains were formed. (L.) ― -b12- مَادَ (tropical:) He (a man, S,) affected a bending of his person, body, or limbs; (L;) he walked with an elegant and a proud and self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side; (S, L, K;) and مَادَتْ and ↓ تميّدت signify the same, said of a woman. (A.) -A2- مَادَ He conferred, or bestowed, a benefit or benefits, or a favour or favours. You say, مَادَنِى فُلَانٌ Such a one conferred a benefit or benefits upon me. (L.) ― -b2- مَادَه, (L, Msb,) and ↓ امادهُ, (L,) He gave him. (L, Msb.) ― -b3- مَادَ He furnished persons with, or gave them, provisions for travelling; syn. زَادَ. (L.) [In the K, زَارَ He visited.] ― -b4- He brought a people wheat, or food; i. q. مَارَ, (S, L, K,) of which it is a dial. form. (S.) ― -b5- He trafficked as a merchant. (L.) ― -b6- مَادَ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ and مَيَدَانٌ, It increased, or grew; syn. رَاعَ and زَكَا. (M, L, K.) [In the copies of the K in my hands, for راع is put زاغ.]

5, and 6: see 1.

He asked him, or desired him, to give him. (L.) ― -b2- امتادهُ He asked or desired him to bring him wheat, or food. (A.)

a dial. form of بَيْدَ, (S,) in the sense of غَيْر: (S, L;) and in that of عَلَى: (L:) or that of مِنْ أَجْلِ. (S, L.) It is said in a trad., أَنَا أَفْصَحُ العَرَبِ مَيْدَ أَنِّى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَنَشَأْتُ فِى بَنِى سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ [rendered in art. بيد]. (S, L.) See what next follows.

, (M, K,) or مَيْدَ ذلك, (L,) I did it on account, or for the sake, of that. (M, L, K.) مِنْ مَيْدَا ذٰلِكَ has not been heard. (M, L.)

: see مَايأِدَةٌ.

The amount, and measure, of a thing: (L, K:) and the two sides, and distance, or extent, of a thing, (L,) or of a road; (K;) and the surface of a road. (L.) One says, لَمْ أَدْرِ مَا مِيدَآءُ ذٰلِكَ I knew not what was the amount of that, and its measure: or, what was the measure of its two sides, and its extent: as also مِيتَاوأُهُ. (L.) ― -b2- The extreme limit of the distance to which horses run; and so ميِيأْتآءٌ. (S, TA, art. أتى.) -A2- مِيدَآءٌ A mode, manner, fashion, or from. Ex. بَنُوْا بُيُوتَهُمْ عَلَى مِيدَآءٍ وَاحِدٍ They built their houses, or constructed their tents, after one mode, &c. (L.) [See also مِيأْتَآءٌ, in art. اتى.]

, [thus in the copies of the K and in the TA, app. a mistake for مِيدَآءَهُ, like تِلْقَآءَهُ,] and بِمِيدَايأِهِ, and بِمِيدَاهُ, This is opposite to, or facing, it. (K.) And دَارِى بِمَيْدَا دَارِهِ, with fet-h to the م; (as also بِمِيتَآءِ داره, L in art. ميت; and بِمِيأْتَآءِ داره, S in art. اتى;) My house is opposite to his house. (Yaakoob, L.) ― -b2- مِيدَآءُ الطَرِيقِ: see مِيأْتَآء in art. أَتَى, and مِيتَآء in art. ميت.

(S, L, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ مِيدَانٌ (K) A horse-course; race-ground; hippodrome: (Msb, TA:) pl. مَيَادِينُ: (S, K, &c.:) of the measure فَعْلَانٌ, (IKtt,) from ماد “ it was in a state of motion; ” because the sides of the horsecourse shake on the occasion of a race: (Msb:) or from ماد “ it turned or twisted about, or became contorted and convulsed; ” because the horses wheel about, and bend or convulse themselves, in the place so called: or of the measure فَلْعَانٌ, from مَدًى “ a limit, or goal; ” because horses run to their goals in the place so called; originally مَدْيَانٌ, the second and third radicals being transposed; as in بِيزَانٌ, originally بُزْيَانٌ: or of the measure فَيْعَالٌ, from مَدَنَ “ he abode, or dwelt; ” because horses confine themselves especially to the place so called for wheeling about and the like. (IKtt.) -A2- عَيْشٌ مَيْدَانٌ A delicate, a pleasant, or an ample and easy, life. (S, L.) ― -b2- مَيْدَانُ الخُلَفَآءِ (tropical:) a term applied by historians to The period of the reign of Khaleefehs; from twenty to twenty-four years. (MF, TA.)

: see مَيْدَانٌ.

That moves about, or is agitated, much; that vacillates much: (L:) an intensive epithet; applied in a trad. to worldly prosperity. (L., art. حيد.)

: see مَايأِدٌ.