حمد

مَحْمَدَةٌ محمد محمده محمدة (S, Mgh) and مَحْمِدَةٌ (Mgh) (assumed tropical:) [ A cause of praise, commendation, or approval; a praiseworthy, commendable, or approvable, quality or action; ] a thing for which one is, or is to be, praised, commended, or approved: (Mgh:) [see 1, first sentence:] contr. of مَذَمَّةٌ: (S:) [pl. مَحَامِدُ.] You say, هٰذَا طَعَامٌ لَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ مَحْمِدَةٌ, with kesr to the second م, (tropical:) [ This is food in which is no approvable quality; ] the eating of which is not approved. (A.) ― -b2- [The pl.] مَحَامِدُ signifies [also] (assumed tropical:) Forms of praise. (Msb in art. جمع; &c.) [See 2.]