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مَدَدٌ

Root: مد

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مَدَدٌ
2 أَمْرُهُمْ مَدَدٌ Their affair, or case, is conformable to the just mean; like أَمَدٌ and زَمَمٌ. (TA in art. زم).
3 Aid, or succour, given to one's people in war, &c., such as an auxiliary force, and corn; an accession to an army, &c.; a military force forming an accession to warriors in the cause of God: pl. أَمْدَادٌ only: in like manner, signifies anything wherewith one aids a people in war, &c.
4 [A mystic aid imparted by a وَلِىّ.]
5 See مَدٌّ.
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