رَادَ
Root: رود
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَادَI
, Present.T يَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَدَانٌ and رَوْدٌ, He, or it, came and went; [went to and fro;] was restless, or unsettled. One says, مَا لِى أَرَاكَ تَرُودُ مُنْذُ اليَوْمِ [What aileth me that I see thee coming and going, or going to and fro, during this day?]. And رَادَتْ, Present.T تَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَدَانٌ and رَوْدٌ and رُؤُودٌ, She went about to and from the tents, or houses, of her female neighbours. And رادت
الإِبِلُ, Present.T تَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun رِيَادٌ [and app. رَوَدَانٌ &c. as above], The camels went to and fro in the place of pasture. And راد النَّعَمُ فِى المَرْعِى, Verbal.Noun ريَادٌ, The cattle went to and fro in the place of pasture. And رادت الدَّوَابُّ, Verbal.Noun رَوْدٌ and رَوَدَانٌ [and app. رِيَادٌ also]; and
; The beasts pastured [going to and fro]. And رادت الرٍّيحُ, Present.T تَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun
2 [Hence,] راد وِسَادُهُ [lit. His pillow moved to and fro; meaning]
def.2 راد, Present.T يَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun رِيَادٌ and رَوْدٌ; and , Verbal.Noun اِرْتِيَادٌ; and ; He sought, sought after, or desired; or he sought, or desired, to find and take, or to get; a thing. [It seems to imply the going to and fro in seeking.] You say, راد الكَلَأَ, and المَآءَ, Present.T يَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun رِيَادٌ and رَوْدٌ: and ; [and , as appears from what follows;] and simply راد; He sought after herbage, and water. And راد أَهْلَهُ كَلَأً, and مَنْزِلًا, and راد لَهُمْ كَلَأً, and مَنْزِلًا, Verbal.Noun رَوْدٌ and رِيَادٌ; and ; and ; He looked for, and sought after, herbage, and a place in which to alight, and chose the best [that he could find], for his family. And الطَّيْرُ The birds seek after their sustenance, going to and fro in search of it. [Hence,] لِبَوْلِهِ He sought a soft place, or a sloping place, for his urine. when he desired to void it, lest it should return towards him, or sprinkle back upon him: from a trad.
2 راد الدَّارَ, Present.T as above, He questioned, or interrogated, [respecting a person beloved,] the house, or abode.
3 رُدْتُ الدَّوَابَّ I pastured the beasts; as also .
2 [Hence,] راد وِسَادُهُ [lit. His pillow moved to and fro; meaning]
def.2 راد, Present.T يَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun رِيَادٌ and رَوْدٌ; and , Verbal.Noun اِرْتِيَادٌ; and ; He sought, sought after, or desired; or he sought, or desired, to find and take, or to get; a thing. [It seems to imply the going to and fro in seeking.] You say, راد الكَلَأَ, and المَآءَ, Present.T يَرُودُ, Verbal.Noun رِيَادٌ and رَوْدٌ: and ; [and , as appears from what follows;] and simply راد; He sought after herbage, and water. And راد أَهْلَهُ كَلَأً, and مَنْزِلًا, and راد لَهُمْ كَلَأً, and مَنْزِلًا, Verbal.Noun رَوْدٌ and رِيَادٌ; and ; and ; He looked for, and sought after, herbage, and a place in which to alight, and chose the best [that he could find], for his family. And الطَّيْرُ The birds seek after their sustenance, going to and fro in search of it. [Hence,] لِبَوْلِهِ He sought a soft place, or a sloping place, for his urine. when he desired to void it, lest it should return towards him, or sprinkle back upon him: from a trad.
2 راد الدَّارَ, Present.T as above, He questioned, or interrogated, [respecting a person beloved,] the house, or abode.
3 رُدْتُ الدَّوَابَّ I pastured the beasts; as also .
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