Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

طَادَ, (aor. يَطُودُ, inf. n. طَوْدٌ, TḲ,) It (a thing, TḲ) was, or became, firm, or steadfast. (Fr, L, Ḳ.)

طوّد, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَطْوِيدٌ and تَطْوَادٌ; andتطوّد↓; (Ḳ;) He went round about much, or often, syn. طَوَّفَ (Ṣ, L, Ḳ) and طَوَّحَ, (Ṣ,) فِى الجِبَالِ in the mountains: (Ṣ:) or the former, he went round about much, or often, in the countries to seek the means of subsistence. (IAạr, L.) And one says also, طوّد بِنَفْسِهِ [He went round about, &c. by himself], and بِفُلَانٍ [with such a one]. (L.)

طوّدهُ, inf. n. تَطْوِيدٌ, He (God) made it high, or tall. (A.)

[اطاد He made, or rendered, firm, or steadfast: so accord. to Freytag; but he names no authority.]

انطاد It rose, or ascended, in the air. (Ḳ.)

طَادٌ Heavy: (Ḳ:) andطَادِىٌّ↓ firm, or steadfast: (L:) or both signify heavy and firm or steadfast. (TA.)

Also the former, A stallion excited by lust. (Ḳ.)

طَوْدٌ A mountain: (Ḳ:) or a great mountain (Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ) rising high into the sky: (A:) or i. q. هَضْبَةٌ [either as denoting a hill or mountain or a tract of sand: see the next sentence]: (IAạr:) pl. أَطْوَادٌ (A, L, Ḳ) and طِوَدَةٌ. (Ḳ.)

And An elevated, or overlooking, tract of sand; (Ḳ, TA;) as also هَضْبَةٌ. (TA.)

And the pl. أَطْوَاد is applied by a poet to signify ‡ Camels' humps; as being likened to mountains because of their height. (IAạr, L.)

اِبْنُ الطَّوْدِ means † The mass of rock (الجُلْمُودُ) that falls from the upper part of a mountain: (A, L,* Ḳ:*) or the echo. (A.) One says, أَسْرَعُ مِنِ ٱبْنِ الطَّوْدِ † Quicker, or swifter, than the mass of rock that falls, &c.: or than the echo. (A.)

طَادِىٌّ: see طَادٌ.

مَطَادَةٌ A desert, or waterless desert, far-extending: (Ḳ:) pl. مَطَاوِدُ. (TA.) And the latter (i. e. the pl.), Places of perdition; (Ḳ, TA;) it is like مَطَاوِحُ. (Ṣ, TA.)

مُطَوِّدٌ Remote, or distant. (Ḳ.)

بِنَآءٌ مُنْطَادٌ A lofty building, (Ḳ, TA,) rising high in the air. (TA.)