رَصَدٌ
Root: رصد
Full Definition
def.2 Also A road, or way; and so , both signify the same, and and مُرْتَصَدٌ : and مِرْصَادٌ , or , or both, and مُرْتَصَدٌ and رَصَدٌ, a place where one lies in wait, or
وَإِنَّ المَنَايَا لِلّرِجَالِ
def.3 Also A small quantity of rain: one says, بِهَا رَصَدٌ مِنْ حَيًا [In it, namely, the land (الأَرْض), is a small quantity of rain]: and so رَصْدٌ : or both signify rain that comes after other rain: or rain that falls first, before other rain coming: or the first of rain: or, accord. to IAar, the former word signifies rain such as is termed عِهَاد, after which other rain is looked for; and if other rain follow it, herbage is produced: one shower thereof is termed رَصَدَةٌ and رَصْدَةٌ ; the latter mentioned by Th: or رَصْدَةٌ signifies a shower, or what falls at once, of rain [app. in any case]: the pl. of رَصَدٌ is أَرْصَادٌ and رِصَادٌ, the latter mentioned on the authority of A'Obeyd: [or] the latter is pl. of رَصْدَةٌ .
2 Also A small quantity of herbage, in land upon which one hopes for the fall of the rain of the season called الرَّبِيع.
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