Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حَمِيدٌ

Root: حمد

Full Definition

حَمِيدٌ and مَحْمُودٌ and حَمُودٌ Praised, eulogized, or commended; spoken well of; mentioned with approbation; approved; such as is praised, &c.; praiseworthy, laudable; commendable, or approvable: the fem. of the first is with ة, because the signification, though properly that of a pass. part. n., nearly agrees with that of an act. part. n.: you say, [هِىَ حَمِيدَةٌ She is praised, &c.; and] أَفْعَالُهُ حَمِيدَةٌ [His actions are praised, &c.]. حَمْدٌ , also, [originally an Verbal.Noun, like its contr. ذَمٌّ,] used as an epithet applied to a man, is syn. with مَحْمُودٌ; and as an epithet applied to a woman, syn. with مَحْمُودَةٌ, as is also حَمْدَةٌ: and you likewise say مَنْزِلٌ حَمْدٌ and مَنْزِلَهٌ حَمْدَةٌ A place where one alights, sojourns, or abides, such as is praised, or approved, and convenient, or suitable. الحَمِيدُ, meaning He who is praised, or praiseworthy, in every case, is an epithet applied to God; one of the names termed الأَسْمَآءُ الحُسْنَى. المَقَامُ [mentioned in the Kur xvii. 81] means The station in which its occupant shall be praised by all creatures [on the day of resurrection] because of his being quickly reckoned with, and relieved from long standing: or it is the station of the intercessor.


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