Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مَرَدَ, (aor. ـُ {يَمْرُدُ}, inf. n. مَرْدٌ, Ṣ, L,) He steeped bread, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) or corn, (Mṣb,) in water, and mashed it with his hand, so as to soften it: (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or he soaked bread in water; (M, L;) and so مَرَثَ, and مَرَذَ, with the dotted ذ; or he softened bread in water, and crumbled it with his fingers. (Aṣ, L.)

مَرَدَهُ He rubbed it (a thing) in water. (TA.)

مَرَدَهُ, inf. n. مَرْدٌ, He crumbled it [namely bread, &c.], or broke it into small pieces, with his fingers; syn. ثَرَدَهُ. (TA [but only the inf. n. is there mentioned.])

مَرَدَهُ, aor. ـُ {يَمْرُدُ}, inf. n. مَرْدٌ, He made it (a thing) soft. (L.)

مَرَدَهُ andمرّدهُ↓ He made it (a thing) soft and smooth; he polished it. (L.) See also 2.

مَرَدَ, (inf. n. مَرْدٌ, Ṣ, L,) He (a child, Ṣ, L) mumbled (مَرَسَ) the breast (Ṣ,* L,* Ḳ) of his mother: (Ṣ, L:) or sucked it. (IḲṭṭ.)

مَرِدَ, aor. ـ, He continued to eat مَرِيد, i. e., dates soaked in milk until rendered soft. (Ḳ.)

مَرِدَ ‡ It (a branch) was, or became, destitute of leaves. (IAạr, L.)

مَرِدَتِ الأَرْضُ, inf. n. مَرَدٌ, ‡ The land was, or became, destitute of herbage, excepting a small quantity. (TA.)

مَرِدَ He (a horse) was, or became, without hair upon the fetlock. (IḲṭṭ.)

مَرِدَ, aor. ـَ {يَمْرَدُ}, (L, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. مَرَدٌ (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ) and مُرُودَةٌ; (L, Ḳ;) andتمرّد↓; (Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ;) He (a youth, or young man,) was as yet beardless: (Mṣb:) or had no hair upon his cheeks: (IAạr, L:) or remained to a late period without his beard having grown, (L, Ḳ,) or without the hair of his face having grown forth. (Ṣ, L, Mṣb)

مَرَدَ aor. ـُ {يَمْرُدُ}, (A, L, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. مُرُودٌ (A, L, Ḳ) and مَرْدٌ; (IAạr, L;) and مَرُدَ, aor. ـُ {يَمْرُدُ}, (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. مَرَادَةٌ (Ṣ, L, Ḳ) and مُرُودَةٌ; (TA, and some copies of the Ḳ;) andتمرّد↓; (A, L;) He exalted himself, or was insolent and audacious, in pride and in acts of rebellion or disobedience; (IAạr, L;) he was hold, or audacious; (M, L, Ḳ;) and immoderate, inordinate, or exhorbitant; or excessively, immoderately, or inordinately, proud, or corrupt, or unbelieving, or disobedient or rebellious; or exalted himself and was inordinate in infidelity; or was extravagant in acts of disobedience and in wrongdoing; or was refractory, or averse from obedience: (Ṣ, M, A, L, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or he went to such an extreme as thereby to pass from out of the general state [or category] of that species [to which he belonged]. (M, L, Ḳ.)

So in the phrase مرد عَلَى الأَمْرِ He was bold or audacious, and immoderate, &c., in the affair: (M, L:) and in like manner, على الشَّرِّ, in evil, or mischief: تمرّد↓ عَلَيْنَا He acted immoderately, inordinately, or exorbitantly, &c., towards us, or against us. (L.)

Some explain مَرُدَ as syn. with خَبُثَ [signifying He was bad, evil, wicked, malignant, noxious, corrupt, &c.]. (MF.)

تَمَرَّدَ↓ مَارِدٌ وَعَزَّ الأَبْلَقُ ‡ [Márid hath resisted the attempt to take it, and El-Ablak hath proved strong]: a proverb: (Ṣ:) originally said by Ex-Zebbà, the Queen of the Arabs, with reference to two fortresses which she had failed to take. (TA.)

مَرَدَ, (L,) inf. n. مَرْدٌ, (L, Ḳ,) He (a sailor) pushed, or propelled, a ship or boat, with a مُرْدِىّ. (L, Ḳ.)

He drove vehemently. (L, Ḳ.)

مَرَدَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ, [aor. ـُ {يَمْرُدُ},] (Ḳ,) inf. n. مُرُودٌ; (Ṣ, L;) andتمرّد↓; (L.) ‡ He became accustomed, habituated, or inured, to a thing. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

مَرَدُوا عَلَى النِّفَاقِ [Ḳur., ix., 102,] ‡ They have become accustomed, habituated, or inured, to hypocrisy: (Fr., A, L:) or they have exalted themselves, or become insolent and audacious, in hypocrisy: (IAạr:) accord. to Er-Rághib, it is from شَجَرَةٌ مَرْدَآءُ “a tree without leaves;” meaning, † they have become destitute of good. (TA.)

مَرَدَ عَلَى الكَلَامِ ‡ He became accustomed, or habituated, to what was said, so that he cared not for it. (L.)

مرّدهُ, inf. n. تَمْرِيدٌ, ‡ He stripped it (a branch) of its leaves. (Ṣ, A, L.)

‡ He stripped it (a branch) of its peel; as also مَرَدَهُ. (TA.) See 1.

مرّدهُ, (A, L,) inf. n. تَمْرِيدٌ, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) He made it (a building) smooth (Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ) and even (L, Ḳ) and tall or long; (A;) and plastered it with mud. (L.)

مَرْدٌ [Coll. gen. n.] Bread crumbled, or broken into small pieces, with the fingers, and then moistened with broth; syn. ثَرِيدٌ. (T, L.)

What is fresh and juicy of the fruit of the أَرَاك: (T, Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) what is ripe thereof is called كَبَاثٌ: (T, L:) or [in the CK, and] what is ripe thereof: (L, Ḳ:) what has become black being called كباث: (TA in art. برم:) or certain red and large things pertaining thereto: n. un. with ة {مَرْدَةٌ}. (AḤn, L.)

مُرْدِىٌّ a pole with which a ship, or boat, is pushed, or propelled: (L, Ḳ:) or an oar; syn. مِجْذَافٌ. (IḲṭṭ.)

مَرَادٌ (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) andمَرَّادٌ↓ (Ḳ) The neck: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) pl. [of the latter] مَرَارِيدُ. (Ḳ.)

مَرِيدٌ Bread steeped in water, and mashed with the hand: or soaked in water. (L.)

Dates soaked in milk until they become soft: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) or dates thrown into milk to become soft, and then mashed with the hand: (Aṣ, L:) or moistened, and rubbed and pressed with the fingers till soft, in water or in milk; as also مَرِيسٌ. (Mgh, art. مرس.)

Water with milk. (Ḳ.)

Anything rubbed and pressed with the hand until it becomes flaccid. (Aṣ, L.)

See مَارِدٌ.

مَارِدٌ [from مَرَدَ] andمَرِيدٌ↓ [from مَرُدَ] (Ṣ, M, A, L, Mṣb, Ḳ) andمُتَمَرِّدٌ↓ (A, Ḳ) [One who exalts himself, or is insolent and audacious, in pride and in acts of rebellion or disobedience; an insolent and audacious rebel or unbeliever; see 1;] bold or audacious; (M, L, Ḳ;) and immoderate, inordinate, or exorbitant; or excessively, immoderately, or inordinately, proud, or corrupt, or unbelieving, or disobedient or rebellious;, &c.; see 1; (Ṣ, M, A, L, Mṣb, Ḳ;) and strong: (L:) these epithets are applied to evil beings of mankind and of the jinn, (L,) and to any animal: (M, L:) the first is said to be applied to an evil jinnee of the most powerful class: (Mir-át ez-Zemán, &c.) pl. (of the first, M, L,) مَرَدَةٌ (M, L, Ḳ) and مُرَّادٌ; (A;) and (of the second, M, L) مُرَدَآءُ. (M, L, Ḳ.) مِرِّيدٌ↓ signifies the same in an intensive degree. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

مَارِدٌ Lofty, high: (L, Ḳ:) applied to a building. (TA.)

مَارِدٌ andمَرُودٌ↓ One who often goes and comes, by reason of his briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness. (L.)

شَجَرَةٌ مَرْدَآءُ ‡ A tree having no leaves upon it: (Ks, A, L, Ḳ:) or, of which the leaves have altogether gone: (AḤn, L:) and in like manner, غُصْنٌ أَمْرَدُ ‡ a branch having no leaves upon it: (Ks, Ṣ, L:) or the latter expression is not used. (T, L.)

رَمْلَةٌ مَرْدَآءُ ‡ A sand that is plain (L) and produces no plants: (Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ:) pl. مَرَادٍ, as though it were a subst. (M, L.)

أَرْضٌ مَرْدَآءُ ‡ An expanse of sands in which nothing grows: pl. مَرَادِى [or مَرَادِىُّ]. (Aṣ, T, L.)

أَمْرَدُ A youth, or young man, as yet beardless: (Mṣb:) or having no hair upon his cheeks: (IAạr, L:) or who has remained to a late period without the hair of his face having grown forth: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) or whose mustache has grown forth, but not his beard, (L, Ḳ,) he having attained the usual age at which the beard grows: (L:) pl. مُرْدٌ: (L:) dim. أُمَيْرِدُ. (A.) You do not apply the epithet مَرْدَآءُ to a girl [in the sense above explained]. (Ṣ, L.) It is said in a trad., أَهْلُ الجَنَّةِ جُرْدٌ مُرْدٌ [The people of paradise are without hair upon their bodies, and beardless]. (L.)

مَرْدَآءُ A woman having no hair upon her pubes. (M, L, Ḳ.) [In some copies of the Ḳ, for لَا إِسْبَ لَهَا, we find لا است لها: and the like is found in copies of the A.]

أَمْرَدُ A horse having no hair upon the fetlock. (Ṣ, L.)

مُمَرَّدٌ A building made smooth, and tall or long: (A:) or made smooth: (L:) or made tall or long. (AʼObeyd, L, Ḳ.)

جَبَلٌ مُتَمَرِّدٌ ‡ [A mountain that opposes obstacles to one's ascent]: pl. جِبَالٌ مُتَمَرِّدَاتٌ. (A.)

See مَارِدٌ.