Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مَأَدَ, aor. ـَ {يَمْأَدُ}, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) inf. n. مَأْدٌ, (Ṣ, L,) It (a plant, L, Ḳ, and a tree, L, and a branch, Ṣ, 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, Ḳ,) and flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (Ḳ:) it (a branch or twig) became filled with its first sap: and مَؤُدَ, aor. ـُ {يَمْأُدُ}, it (a plant) became succulent, or sappy. (L.) يَمْأَدُ مَأْدًا حَسَنًا It (a branch) is [beautifully] soft, tender, and supple, and quivering. (Ṣ, L.)

امأد It (the imbibing of moisture, L, Ḳ, 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, Ḳ,) and flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple. (Ḳ).

امتأد خَيْرًا He gained, or acquired, good, or prosperity. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

مَأْدٌ andيَمْؤُودٌ↓ 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: (Ḳ:) or a plant [or tree] or branch soft, tender, and supple; (Ṣ, L;) andمَئِيدٌ↓ signifies the same, (Ḳ,) applied to a branch; and soمَائِدٌ↓: (TA:) which last also signifies a branch succulent, or sappy; and so مَأْدٌ, (L,) andمُمْأَدٌ↓: (TA:) and (as some say, L) مَأْدٌ signifies soft, tender, or supple, applied to anything. (L, Ḳ.)

In like manner, مَأْدٌ andيَمْؤُودٌ↓ are applied to † a man: (Ḳ:) and مَأْدَةٌ (TA) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ and يَمْؤُودٌ to a female. (Ḳ.) You say رَجُلٌ مَأْدٌ, (L,) and يَمْؤُودٌ, (Ṣ, L,) † A young, and soft, or tender, man: and إِمْرَأَةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (L,) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, (Ṣ, L,) and يَمْؤُودٌ, (L,) † a young, and soft, or tender woman: (Ṣ, L:) and جَارِيةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (Ḳ,) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, (TA,) † a soft, or tender, damsel: (Ḳ:) and جاريةٌ مَأْدَةُ الشَّبَابِ, and مَادَةٌ, without ء, † a damsel having youthful softness, thinness of skin, and plumpness. (L.)

مَأْدُ الشَّبَابِ † The softness, or tenderness, of youth. (L.)

مَكَانٌ ثَأْدٌ مَأْدٌ [A place moist and soft]; (Ṣ, L;) as alsoثَئِدٌ مَئِدٌ↓. (T, art. ثأد.)

مَأْدٌ The moisture that exudes from the earth, before it springs forth: (L, Ḳ:) of the dial. of Syria. (L.)