Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

حَتَدَ بِمَكَانٍ, aor. ـِ {يَحْتِدُ}, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) inf. n. حَتْدٌ, (L,) He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, in a place, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) and became fixed, or settled. (Ṣ, L.)

حَتِدَ, aor. ـَ {يَحْتَدُ}, (L, Ḳ,) inf. n. حَتَدٌ, (L,) It (anything, L, Ḳ) was pure, (L,) or pure in origin. (Ḳ.)

حتّدهُ, inf. n. تَحْتِيدٌ, He chose it for its purity and excellence. (Ḳ.)

حَتِدٌ Anything (L, Ḳ) pure, (L,) or pure in origin. (Ḳ.)

مَحْتِدٌ Origin; syn. أَصْلٌ; (IAạr, Ṣ, L, Ḳ;) app. in respect of race, or lineage, only, as several of the lexicologists have expressly asserted; (MF;) as also مَحْفِدٌ (Ṣ, L) and مَحْقِدٌ and مَحْكِدٌ: (IAạr, L:) pl. مَحَاتِدُ. (A.) You say, فُلَانٌ مِنْ مَحْتِدِ صِدْقٍ, (Ṣ,) or فِى مَحْتِدِ صِدْقٍ, (A,) [Such a one is of a good, or an excellent, origin.] And هُوَ كَرِيمُ المَحْتِدِ [He is generous in respect of origin]. (A, L.)

Also Nature; natural, or native, disposition, temper, or the like. (L, Ḳ.) You say, of a man who has done an act of kindness and reverted from it, رَجَعَ إِلَى مَحْتِدِهِ He returned to his natural disposition. (L.)