Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رُؤْدٌ

Root: رأد

Full Definition

رُؤْدٌ (T, L, TA; in a copy of the M رُؤُودٌ [perhaps a mistranscription for رَؤُودٌ if not for رُؤْدٌ; but more probably for the former, which see in art. رود]; in the L, in one place, رَؤُدٌ ; and in a copy of the A رَائِدٌ [which is probably correct, as is also رُؤْدٌ];) A branch, or twig, in the most fresh, or supple, and soft, or tender, state, in the first year of its growth: [being also used as a coll. gen. n.,] it has for its n. un. رُؤْدَةٌ : some say that رُؤْدٌ signifies the extremity of any branch or twig: the pl. is أَرْآدٌ and أَرَائِدُ; the latter of which is extr.; and is not a pl. pl.; for, were it so, it would be أَرَائِيدُ
2 Also, from the same word applied to a branch, or twig, and رَأْدٌ , each with ء, and and رَأْدَةٌ and رَادَةٌ, without ء, [in the CK repeated with ء,] and رَؤُودَةٌ (M, K, in the CK رَؤُدَةٌ) and رَائِدَةٌ and in some copies of the K رُودَةٌ without ء, [which is in some copies written with ء, and] to which the signification there next given (أَصْلُ اللَّحْىِ) is in other copies made to belong, and some add رَادٌ, without ء, A youthful girl: or a soft, or tender, girl or woman: and a woman goodly, or beautiful, and youthful: or one who soon attains to youthfulness with good food: pl. of the first أَرْآدٌ. You say اِمْرَأَةٌ رَأْدَةٌ غَيْرُ رَادَةِ, in which the former رادة may be without ء, and the latter must be so, meaning A soft, or tender, woman; not one that roves about.

def.2 Also رُؤْدٌ i. q. تُؤَدَةٌ [Moderation; gentleness; a leisurely manner of proceeding; &c.] A poet says, كَأَنَّهُ ثَمِلٌ يَمْشِى عَلَىرُودِ [As though he were one intoxicated, walking in a gentle, or leisurely, manner]; for علىرُؤدِ; suppressing the ء for the sake of the rhyme: but he who regards the word as that of which رُوَيْدٌ is the dim. does not regard it as originally with ء.

def.3 See also رَأْدٌ.


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