حيض

حَيْضَةٌ حيض حيضه حيضة A single time, or turn, of menstruation, or of the flow of the menstrual blood: (S, * A, * Mgh, Msb: *) pl. حِيَضٌ; (A, Msb;) like as بِدَرٌ is pl. of بَدْرَةٌ, and ضِيَعٌ of ضَيْعَةٌ, and حِيَدٌ of حَيْدَةٌ, and خِيَمٌ of خَيْمَةٌ; though by rule it should be حَيْضَاتٌ. (Msb.) You say, حَاضَتْ حَيْضَةً وَاحِدَةً [ She menstruated one single time of menstruation ]: and حَيْضَةً طَوِيلَةً [ a long single time thereof ]: and ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ [ three single times thereof ]. (A.) ― -b2- As used by the professors of practical law, The accustomed days thereof. (Mgh.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) A single flow [of water &c.]: pl. حَيْضَاتٌ. (TA.)