مَصْدٌ
Root: مصد
Full Definition
مَصْدٌ
Thunder.
2 مَصْدٌ Rain: and with ة, a shower of rain; a rain: you say, مَا أَصَابَتْنَا العَامَ مَصْدَةٌ, (and مَزْدَةٌ, TA,) Not a rain has fallen on us this year.
3 مَصْدٌ Intenseness of cold; as also مَصَدٌ : or, simply, cold; as also مَصْدَةٌ . And, contr., Intenseness of heat: and مَصْدَةٌ , simply, heat. You say, مَا وَجَدْنَا لَهَا العَامَ مَصْدَةً, (and مَزْدَةً, ISk, S, M, L,) We have not found it to have, this year, cold nor heat: or, intenseness of cold nor intenseness of heat.
4 مَصْدٌ and مَصَدٌ and مَصَادٌ A high and red hill, or mountain, such as is called هَضْبَةٌ: or the last, and the others also, the upper part, or top, of a mountain: and the last, a place of refuge: and applied to a man: pl. of the last, أَمْصِدَةٌ and مُصْدَانٌ. Az holds the م in مصاد to be augmentative, and the pls. to have been formed on the supposition of its being radical. See also art. صيد.
2 مَصْدٌ Rain: and with ة, a shower of rain; a rain: you say, مَا أَصَابَتْنَا العَامَ مَصْدَةٌ, (and مَزْدَةٌ, TA,) Not a rain has fallen on us this year.
3 مَصْدٌ Intenseness of cold; as also مَصَدٌ : or, simply, cold; as also مَصْدَةٌ . And, contr., Intenseness of heat: and مَصْدَةٌ , simply, heat. You say, مَا وَجَدْنَا لَهَا العَامَ مَصْدَةً, (and مَزْدَةً, ISk, S, M, L,) We have not found it to have, this year, cold nor heat: or, intenseness of cold nor intenseness of heat.
4 مَصْدٌ and مَصَدٌ and مَصَادٌ A high and red hill, or mountain, such as is called هَضْبَةٌ: or the last, and the others also, the upper part, or top, of a mountain: and the last, a place of refuge: and applied to a man: pl. of the last, أَمْصِدَةٌ and مُصْدَانٌ. Az holds the م in مصاد to be augmentative, and the pls. to have been formed on the supposition of its being radical. See also art. صيد.
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