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م ه د

Overview

Computed

Occurrences: 16
Distinct forms: 9
First: ٱلْمِهَادُ2:206:12
Last: مِهَٰدًا78:6:4

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root مهد. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

مَهَدَ , (S, L, K,) aor. مَهَدَ , (L, K,) inf. n. مَهْدٌ [q. v. infra]; (S, L;) and ↓ مهّد , (L, K,) inf. n. تَمْهِيدٌ ; (TA;) He made plain, even, or smooth, this is the original signification: he made a place plain, even, or smooth, [ مَكَانًا being understood,] لِنَفْسِهِ for himself: (L:) he spread a bed, (S, L, K,) and made it plain, even, or smooth. (S, L.) ― -b2- مَهَدَ لَهُ (assumed tropical:) He did well, or kindly, in his affair in his absence; like فَهَدَ and فَأَدَ . (L, art. فهد .) ― -b3- مَهَدَ , aor. مَهَدَ , (inf. n. مَهْدٌ , L,) He gained, or earned, or sought to gain sustenance, and worked, (L, K,) لِنَفْسِهِ for himself. (L.) ― -b4- مَهَدَ لِنَفْسِهِ خَيْرًا , and ↓ امتهدهُ , (tropical:) He prepared for himself good, good things, or the like. (L.) ― -b5- لَهُ مَنْزِلَةً سَنِيَّةً ↓ مهّد (tropical:) [He prepared, or established, for him a high station]. (A.) ― -b6- فُلَانٌ عِنْدِى يَدًا ↓ مَا ا@مْتَهَدَ (tropical:) [Such a one has not prepared for himself, with me, a benefit, for me to owe it him]: you say this when one has not conferred upon you a favour or kindness. (AZ, L.) And فُلَانٌ عِنْدِى ↓ مَا ا@مْتَهَدَ مَهْدَ ذَاكَ (tropical:) [Such a one has not prepared for himself, with me, that thing, that I should owe it him]; is said on one's asking a kindness without having previously conferred a benefit; (AZ, JK, L;) and with reference to one who acts in an evil manner, when asking a kindness, or when a kindness is asked for him. (AZ, L.)

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مهّد , inf. n. تَمْهِيدٌ , (tropical:) He adjusted, or arranged, an affair, (S, A, L, Msb, K,) and made it plain, (A, Msb,) and easy. (Msb.) See 1. ― -b2- مهّد نَفْسَهُ لِفِعْلِ الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:) He disposed and subjected his mind, or himself, to do the thing. (S, * K, * Msb, art. وطن .) ― -b3- مهّد , inf. n. تَمْهِيدٌ , (tropical:) He accepted, or admitted, an excuse. (S, L, Msb, K.) You say, مَهَّدْتُ لَهُ العُذْرَ (tropical:) I accepted, or admitted, his excuse. (Msb.)

تمهّد and ↓ امتهد It (a bed) became spread, and made plain, even, or smooth. (A.) ― -b2- تمهّد لَهُ الأَمْرُ (tropical:) The affair became adjusted, or arranged, and made plain, and easy, for, or to, him. (Msb.) ― -b3- تمهّد فِرَاشًا [He spread for himself a bed, and made it plain, even, or smooth]. (A.) ― -b4- تَمَهَّدَتْ لَهُ عِنْدِى حَالٌ لَطِيفَةٌ (tropical:) [A genteel situation was prepared for him with me, or at my abode]. (A.) ― -b5- تمهّد (assumed tropical:) He (a man, TA) became possessed of authority and power; syn. تَمَكَّنَ . (S, L, K.) ― -b6- تمهّدت نَفْسُهُ (assumed tropical:) His mind, or he, became disposed and subjected [ لِفِعْلِ الأَمْرِ to do the thing; see 2]; syn. تَوَطَّنَتْ . (K, art. وطن .)

امتهد It (a camel's hump) became spreading and high. (S, L, K.) See 1 in three places.

استمهد فِرَاشًا [He asked, or desired, that a bed should be spread for him, and made plain, even, or smooth]. (A.)

مَهْدٌ [A child's cradle, or bed;] a place prepared for a child, and made plain, even, or smooth, (S, * L, K,) that he may sleep in it: (L:) a bed; a thing spread to lie, recline, or sit, upon; (A, Msb;) as also ↓ مِهَادٌ ; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) so called because of its plainness, evenness, or smoothness: (L:) Az says, that the latter word is more comprehensive than the former: (L:) it is applied to the ground, or earth; [meaning a plain, an even, or a smooth expanse; see a verse of Lebeed cited voce خَوَالِقُ :] (Az, L, K:) and so is مَهْدٌ : (K:) some say, that مَهْدٌ and ↓ مِهَادٌ are [originally] two inf. ns., of the same meaning: or that the former is an inf. n., and the latter a simple subst.: or that the former is sing., and the latter pl.: (MF:) the pl. of the former [in common use] is مُهُودٌ , (L, Msb, K,) and مِهَادٌ ; and of the latter, [pl. of pauc.,] أَمْهِدَةٌ (L, K) and [of mult.,] مُهُدٌ . (L, Msb, K.) ― -b2- ↓ أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ ا@لْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا [Kur, lxxviii. 6,] Have we not made the earth an expanse ( بِسَاط ) adapted to be travelled over. (K, TA.) ― -b3- ↓ لَبِيءْسَ المِهَادُ [Kur. ii. 202,] (tropical:) Evil is that which he hath prepared for himself in his final place. (K.) Such is said to be the meaning. (TA.) ― -b4- سَهْدٌ مَهْدٌ Good; goodly: the latter word is an imitative sequent. (L.)

مُهْدٌ Elevated ground or land: (IAar, L, K:) or depressed and smooth and even ground or land; (K;) as also ↓ مُهْدَةٌ : (En-Nadr, K:) pl. مِهَدَةٌ and أَمْهَادٌ : (K:) but the former of these pls. is doubtful. (TA.)

مُهْدَةٌ : see مُهْدٌ .

مِهَادٌ : see مَهْدٌ .

مَهِيدٌ Pure butter: (L, K:) or the purest of butter when melted, and that which has the least milk. (L.)

مُمَهَّدٌ (tropical:) Lukewarm water; neither hot nor cold. (A, K.)

Derived forms · 9

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ٱلْمِهَادُ5 occurrences
ٱلْمَهْدِ3 occurrences
مَهْدًا2 occurrences
مِهَادٌ1 occurrence
يَمْهَدُونَ1 occurrence
ٱلْمَٰهِدُونَ1 occurrence
وَمَهَّدتُّ1 occurrence
تَمْهِيدًا1 occurrence
مِهَٰدًا1 occurrence

Distribution across surahs

Computed

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Connected roots

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The roots that most often share a verse with م ه د. Window: the verse. Measure: the number of distinct verses in which both roots occur (of the 15 this root appears in). Ubiquitous roots are excluded so genuinely connected concepts surface — see the method.