عد

مَعْدُودٌ ذ [meaning Numbered, counted, reckoned, or computed, ] is applied to any number, little or large; but مَعْدُودَاتٌ more particularly denotes few; and so does every pl. formed by the addition of ا and ت, as دُرَيْهِمَاتٌ and حَمَامَاتٌ; though it is allowable to use such a pl. to denote muchness. (Zj, TA.) الأَيَّامُ المَعْدُودَاتُ signifies The days called أَيَّامُ التَّشْرِيقِ; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) the three days next after the day of the sacrifice [which is the tenth of Dhu-l-Hijjeh]; thus called because they are few. (TA.) And one also says دَرَاهِمُ مَعْدُودَةٌ [lit. Numbered, or counted, dirhems ] as meaning a few dirhems. (TA.)