لحد

لَحْدٌ ذ (S, A, L, Msb, K) and ↓ لُحْدٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and ↓ لَحَدٌ (El-Basáïr) and ↓ مَلْحُودٌ, (A, L, K,) which last is an epithet wherein the quality of a subst. is predominant, (L,) A trench or an oblong excavation, in the side of a grave; a lateral hollow of a grave; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) which is the place of the corpse; what is called ضَرِيحٌ and ضَرِيحَةٌ is in the middle: (L:) pl. (of the first, Msb) لُحُودٌ and (of the second, Msb) أَلْحَادٌ. (L, Msb, K.) Accord. to some, لحد used in this sense is tropical; from لَحَدَ and أَلْحَدَ signifying “ he inclined, or declined. ” (MF.) [The reverse, however, is the case accord. to the A.] [See an ex. in a verse cited voce شَدِيدٌ.]