مِطْرَدٌ
Root: طرد
Full Definition
مِطْرَدٌ
A spear; so called because one hunts (يطرد) with it: or, as also
طِرَادٌ , (L, K, [in my copy of the Mgh, app., طَرَّاد, its pl. being there plainly written طَرّادات, though the sing. is doubtfully written, and it may be that Freytag, who mentions طَرَّادة as signifying a spear, was led to do so from his finding طِرَادَات, which I believe to be pl. of طِرَادٌ, written طرّادات,]) a short spear, so called for the reason above mentioned, [i. e.] with which one hunts (يطرد), or with which one hunts wild animals; [a short hunting-spear;] or a short spear with which one thrusts, or pierces, wild animals, or wild asses: pl. مَطَارِدُ. [And Freytag mentions مَطَارِدُ as a pl. without sing., occurring in the Deewán of the Hudhalees, meaning Long arrows.]
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