Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَئِيدٌ

Root: وأد

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وَئِيدٌ and وَئِيدَةٌ and مَوْؤُودَةٌ , and, by abbreviation, مَوْدَةٌ, A daughter buried alive.
2 الصُّغْرَى: see الوَأْدُ الخَفِىُّ, voce وَأَدَ.
3 See وَأْدٌ.
4 See also تُؤَدَةٌ.


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