Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رِيدٌ

Root: رود

Full Definition

رِيدٌ [originally رِوْدٌ] Will, wish, or desire; and so رِيدَةٌ [originally رِوْدَةٌ]: or the former signifies a thing that one wishes, or desires, and strives to obtain: (T in art. ريد:) and the latter, love, or liking, for a thing; and solicitude respecting it: or the latter signifies a kind, or manner, of wishing or desiring; as in the saying, أَرَدْتُهُ بِكُلِّ رِيدَةِ [I wished it, or desired it, with every kind, or manner, of wishing or desiring].


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