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مَأْدٌ

Root: مأد

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مَأْدٌ and يَمْؤُودٌ 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: or a plant [or tree] or branch soft, tender, and supple; and مَئِيدٌ signifies the same, applied to a branch; and so مَائِدٌ : which last also signifies a branch succulent, or sappy; and so مَأْدٌ, and مُمْأَدٌ : and مَأْدٌ signifies soft, tender, or supple, applied to anything.
2 In like manner, مَأْدٌ and يَمْؤُودٌ are applied to a man: and مَأْدَةٌ and يَمْؤُودَةٌ and يَمْؤُودٌ to a female. You say رَجُلٌ مَأْدٌ, and يَمْؤُودٌ, A young, and soft, or tender, man: and إِمْرَأَةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, and يَمْؤُودٌ, a young, and soft, or tender woman: and جَارِيةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, a soft, or tender, damsel: and جاريةٌ مَأْدَةُ الشَّبَابِ, and مَادَةٌ, without ء, a damsel having youthful softness, thinness of skin, and plumpness.
3 مَأْدُ الشَّبَابِ The softness, or tenderness, of youth.
4 مَكَانٌ ثَأْدٌ مَأْدٌ [A place moist and soft]; as also ثَئِدٌ مَئِدٌ . (T, art. ثأد.)

def.2 مَأْدٌ The moisture that exudes from the earth, before it springs forth: of the dial. of Syria.
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