مَحْمَدَةٌ

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مَحْمَدَةٌ and مَحْمِدَةٌ [A cause of praise, commendation, or approval; a praiseworthy, commendable, or approvable, quality or action;] a thing for which one is, or is to be, praised, commended, or approved: [see 1, first sentence:] contr. of مَذَمَّةٌ: [pl. مَحَامِدُ.] You say, هٰذَا طَعَامٌ لَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ مَحْمِدَةٌ, with kesr to the second م, [This is food in which is no approvable quality;] the eating of which is not approved.
2 [The pl.] مَحَامِدُ signifies [also] Forms of praise. (Msb in art. جمع; &c.) [See 2.]

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