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رشّدهُ , inf. n. تَرْشِيدٌ , said of a kádee, or judge, i. q. جَعَلَهُ رَشِيدًا [meaning He pronounced him to be one who took, or followed, a right way or course or direction: or to be one who held a right belief; to be orthodox]. (Msb.) ― -b2- See also what next follows.

ارشدهُ (S, A, L, Msb, K) and ↓ رشّدهُ , (L,) said of God, (S, L, K,) and of a governor, or commander, (L,) [or of any man,] He made him, or caused him, to take, or follow, a right way or course or direction; or he directed him aright, or to the right way or course or direction; (S, * A, * L, Msb, * K; *) اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ and عَلَيْهِ and لَهُ [to the thing]: so says AZ: (Msb:) [often relating to religion; meaning he made him, or caused him, to hold a right belief; to become orthodox.] See also the next paragraph.

استرشد : see 1. ― -b2- Also He sought, or desired, the taking, or following, a right way or course or direction. (So accord. to some copies of the K.) ― -b3- And استرشدهُ He desired of him the taking, or following, a right way or course or direction: (L, and so accord. to some copies of the K, and the TA:) or he asked, demanded, or desired, of him, direction to the right way. (MA.) You say, ↓ اِسْتَرْشَدْتُهُ فَأَرْشَدَنِى [I asked, demanded, or desired, of him, direction to the right way, and he directed me to the right way] (A, Msb) اـِلَى الشَّىْءِ and عَلَيْهِ and لَهُ [to the thing]: so says AZ. (Msb.)

رُشْدٌ an inf. n. of 1. (S, L, Msb, K.) ― -b2- [As a simple subst., Rectitude.] Also Maturity of in- tellect, and rectitude of actions, and good management of affairs. (TA in art. انس : see 4 in that art.) [Hence, بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ He attained to years of discretion, when he was able of himself to take, or follow, a right way or course: a phrase of frequent occurrence.]

رَشْدَةٌ : see the next paragraph, in four places.

رِشْدَةٌ A mode, or manner, [and ↓ رَشْدَةٌ an act,] of رَشَاد [or right procedure; &c.]. (Ham p. 463.) [Hence,] هُوَ لِرِشْدَةٍ , (S, A, L, Msb,) and وُلِدَ لِرِشْدَةٍ , (L, K,) and ↓ لِرَشْدَةٍ , (L, Msb, K,) the latter accord. to AZ and Fr, and said to be the more chaste, but the former allowable accord. to Ks, and preferred by Th in the Fs, (L, TA,) [and seems to be the more common,] (tropical:) He is, or was, trueborn; (A, Msb;) contr. of لِزِنْيَةٍ , (S, L, K,) or لِزَنْيَةٍ , (Fr, TA,) and لِغَيَّةٍ . (AZ, Fr, TA.) And ↓ وُلِدَ لِغَيْرِ رَشْدَةٍ [or رِشْدَةٍ i. e. (tropical:) He was not trueborn]. (Fr, TA.) And هٰذَا وَلَدُ رِشْدَةٍ (tropical:) This is an offspring of valid marriage. (TA.) And اِدَّعَى ↓ وَلَدًا لِغَيْرِ رَشْدةٍ (tropical:) [He claimed, as his, a child not lawfully begotten, or not trueborn]. (TA, from a trad.)

رَشَدَى : see رَشَادٌ .

رِشْدِينٌ : see رَاشِدٌ .

رَشَادٌ an inf. n. of 1, (L, K,) or a simple subst., (Msb,) [signifying Right procedure; or the adoption, or pursuit, of a right way or course or direction; as to a road, and also as to an affair: and often meaning right belief, or orthodoxy: in both these senses] contr. of غَىٌّ , (S, A, Msb,) and of ضَلَالٌ : (Msb:) and ↓ رَشَدَى is a subst. syn. with رَشَادٌ . (L, K. *) -A2- حَبُّ الرَّشَادِ i. q. الحُرْفُ , (K,) in the dial. of El-'Irák; (TA;) they gave it this name as one of good omen, because حُرْفٌ is syn. with حِرْمَانٌ : (K:) [ رَشَادٌ and حُرْفٌ are names given to several species of Gress; and حَبُّ الرَّشَادِ seems to mean the seed of رشاد : accord. to Golius, on the authority of Ibn-Beytár, رشاد is the name of the nasturtium: accord. to Delile, (Flor. AEgypt., nos. 576, 580, 571, 584, and 610,) it is the Arabic name of the lepidium sativum of Linn.; the lepidium hortense of Forsk.: and the cochlearia nilotica: رَشَادُ البَحْرِ , i. e., nasturtium maritimum, that of the cakile maritima of Tournef.; Desf., a pinnatifida; the bunias cakile of Linn.; the isatis pinnata of Forsk.: الرَّشَادُ الجَبَلِىُّ , that of the lunaria parviflora: and رَشَادُ البّرِّ , i. e., nasturtium deserti, that of the raphanus recurvatus of Persoon; the raphanus lyratus of Forsk.]

رَشِيدٌ : see رَاشِدٌ . ― -b2- الرَّشِيدُ , of the measure فَعِيل in the sense of the measure مُفْعِل , (L,) as an epithet applied to God, means The Director to the right way: (L, K:) and He who appoints, or ordains, well that which He appoints, or ordains: (K:) or He whose regulations are conducted to the attainment of their ultimate objects in the right way, without any one's aiding in directing their course aright. (L.)

رَاشدٌ and ↓ رَشِيدٌ Taking, or following, a right way or course or direction [as to a road, and also as to an affair: and often meaning holding a right belief; or orthodox]. (A, Msb.) One says to a traveller, رَاشِدًا مَهْدِيًّا [May God make thee to be a taker, or follower, of a right way; one directed aright]. (A.) And one says, ↓ يَا رِشْدِينُ , as meaning يَا رَاشِدُ [O thou who takest, or followest, a right way &c.]. (L) الخُلَفَا=ءُ الرَّاشِدُونَ [The Khaleefehs who took, or followed, a right course, or the orthodox Khaleefehs,] is an appellation specially applied to Aboo-Bekr, 'Omar, 'Othmán, and 'Alee; but applicable also to any others of the Imáms who pursued the same course as those four. (L.) ― -b2- أُمُّ رَاشِدٍ a surname (S) applied to The female rat or mouse ( الفَأُرَةُ ). (S, K.)

الطَّرِيقُ الأَرْشَدُ is like الأَقْصَدُ [i. e. The more, or most, direct road]. (S.)

المَرَاشِدُ , a pl. without a sing., like مَحَاسِنُ and مَلَامِحُ , (L,) The right places to which roads tend; syn. مَقَاصِدُ الطُّرُقِ . (S, L, K.) You say, هُوَ يَهْدِى اـِلَى المَرَاشِدِ [He directs to the right places to which roads tend]. (A.)