Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مَادَ, aor. يَمِيدُ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ) and مَيَدَانٌ, (L, Mṣb, Ḳ,) It (a thing) was, or became in a state of motion, or commotion; was, or became agitated: (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or, in a state of violent motion or commotion; or violently agitated. (El-Basáïr, TA.) So in the expression in the Ḳur, [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.)

مَادَ It turned or twisted about, or became contorted and convulsed. (IḲṭṭ.)

مَادَ فِى الرُّمْحِ ‡ He (a man pierced) writhed upon the spear. (A.)

مَادَ It (the mirage, سَرَاب,) was in a state of commotion; it quivered, or trembled. (L, Ḳ.)

مَادَ † He was, or became, confounded, perplexed, or amazed. (TA.)

مَادَ, (aor. يَمِيدُ, TA, inf. n. مَيْدٌ or مَيَدٌ, L,) ‡ 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, Ḳ.)

You say also مَادَ بِهِ البَحْرُ, aor. يَمِيدُ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ, ‡ The sea affected him with a heaving of the stomach, &c. (L.) And مَادَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ ‡ The ground went round with him. (A.)

مَادَتِ الحَنْظَلَةُ, (aor. يَمِيدُ, L,) The colocynth became affected by day-dew, (L, Ḳ,) or by moisture, (L,) and in consequence, changed [in odour, or stinking]: (L, Ḳ:) and in like manner a date. (L.)

مَادَ, (Ṣ, A, L,) inf. n. مَيْدٌ (L) and مَيَدَانٌ; (A;) andتمايد↓; (A;) It (a branch) inclined from side to side. (Ṣ, A, L.)

‡ He inclined from side to side in walking. (L.)

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.)

مَادَ ‡ He (a man, Ṣ,) 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; (Ṣ, L, Ḳ;) and مَادَتْ andتميّدت↓ signify the same, said of a woman. (A.)

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.)

مَادَه, (L, Mṣb,) andامادهُ↓, (L,) He gave him. (L, Mṣb.)

مَادَ He furnished persons with, or gave them, provisions for travelling; syn. زَادَ. (L.) [In the Ḳ, زَارَ He visited.]

He brought a people wheat, or food; i. q. مَارَ, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) of which it is a dial. form. (Ṣ.)

He trafficked as a merchant. (L.)

مَادَ, inf. n. مَيْدٌ and مَيَدَانٌ, It increased, or grew; syn. رَاعَ and زَكَا. (M, L, Ḳ.) [In the copies of the Ḳ in my hands, for راع is put زاغ.]

امتادهُ He asked him, or desired him, to give him. (L.)

امتادهُ He asked or desired him to bring him wheat, or food. (A.)

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

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

مِيدَآءٌ The amount, and measure, of a thing: (L, Ḳ:) and the two sides, and distance, or extent, of a thing, (L,) or of a road; (Ḳ;) 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 مِيتَاؤُهُ. (L.)

The extreme limit of the distance to which horses run; and so ميِئْتآءٌ. (Ṣ, TA, art. أتى.)

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 مِئْتَآءٌ, in art. اتى.]

هٰذَا مِيدَاؤُهُ, [thus in the copies of the Ḳ and in the TA, app. a mistake for مِيدَآءَهُ, like تِلْقَآءَهُ,] and بِمِيدَائِهِ, and بِمِيدَاهُ, This is opposite to, or facing, it. (Ḳ.) And دَارِى بِمَيْدَا دَارِهِ, with fet-ḥ to the م; (as also بِمِيتَآءِ داره, L in art. ميت; and بِمِئْتَآءِ داره, Ṣ in art. اتى;) My house is opposite to his house. (Yaạḳoob, L.)

مِيدَآءُ الطَرِيقِ: see مِئْتَآءٌ in art. أتى, and مِيتَآءِ in art. ميت.

مَيْدَانٌ (Ṣ, L, Mṣb, Ḳ, &c.) andمِيدَانٌ↓ (Ḳ) A horse-course; race-ground; hippodrome: (Mṣb, TA:) pl. مَيَادِينُ: (Ṣ, Ḳ, &c.:) of the measure فَعْلَانٌ, (IḲṭṭ,) from ماد “it was in a state of motion;” because the sides of the horsecourse shake on the occasion of a race: (Mṣb:) 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. (IḲṭṭ.)

عَيْشٌ مَيْدَانٌ A delicate, a pleasant, or an ample and easy, life. (Ṣ, L.)

مَيْدَانُ الخُلَفَآءِ ‡ a term applied by historians to The period of the reign of Khaleefehs; from twenty to twenty-four years. (MF, TA.)

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

مَائِدٌ ‡ A man 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: pl. مَيْدَى. (L.)

مَائِدٌ A branch inclining [from side to side: see 1]: (A, L:) as alsoمَيَّادٌ↓: (L:) [or rather the latter signifies inclining much, or frequently, from side to side:] pl. [of the former] مُيَّدٌ. (TA.)

فُلَانٌ يَمْشِى عَلَى الأَرْضِ فَيَّادًا مَيَّادًا ‡ Such a one walks upon the ground with an elegant and a proud and a self-conceited gait, with an affected inclining of his body from side to side. (A, Art. فيد.)

مَائِدَةٌ (andمَيْدَةٌ↓, El-Jarmee, L, Ḳ) A table with food upon it: (Ṣ, L, Ḳ:) without food upon it, a table is not thus called, but is called خِوَانٌ: (AAF, Ṣ, L:) or also applied to a table itself: (L:) MF says, that this latter application is allowable, considering that food has been, or is to be, placed upon the table: but El-Ḥareeree asserts it to be incorrect, and the former application only to be allowable: (TA:) مائدة is thus used in its proper sense of an act. part. n., and is from ماد “it was in a state of motion;” as though the table [which was generally a round piece of leather or the like spread upon the ground] moved about with what was upon it: (Zj, L, Mṣb:*) or from ماد “he brought wheat or food;” because food is brought upon it [or as though it brought food]: (L:) or from ماد “he gave;” as though it gave of what was upon it to those around it: (El-'Ináyeh:) or it is of the form of an act. part. n. and used in the sense of a pass. part. n., from ماد “he gave,” (AO, Ṣ, L, Mṣb,) like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ; (AO, Ṣ, L;) because what is thus called is given by its owner to the people [who are to eat]: (Mṣb:) also, food itself; (Akh, AḤát, ISd, L, Ḳ;) even if without a table: (L:) [pl. مَوَائِدُ]. See also فَاثُورٌ.

مَائِدَةٌ: ‡ A round piece of land or ground: (L, Ḳ:) likened to a table. (TA.)

مَوَائِدُ: see مَائِدَةٌ.

Also, Calamities: formed by transposition from مَآوِدُ. (T, L.)

مُمْتَادٌ Asking, or desiring, to give; asking or desiring, a gift. (Ḳ.) And Asked, or desired, to give; one of whom a gift is asked, or desired. (Ṣ, L, Ḳ.)

مُمْتَادٌ A man [asking, or desiring, and]

asked, or desired, to bring wheat or food. (Ṣ, L.)