مءد

مَأْدٌ ذ and ↓ يَمْؤُودٌ A [plant or tree or] branch [ flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: see 1: or] quivering, shaking, or playing loosely, and succulent, or sappy, flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (K:) or a plant [or tree] or branch soft, tender, and supple; (S, L;) and ↓ مَئِيدٌ signifies the same, (K,) applied to a branch; and so ↓ مَائِدٌ: (TA:) which last also signifies a branch succulent, or sappy; and so مَأْدٌ, (L,) and ↓ مُمْأَدٌ: (TA:) and (as some say, L) مَأْدٌ signifies soft, tender, or supple, applied to anything. (L, K.) ― -b2- In like manner, مَأْدٌ and ↓ يَمْؤُودٌ are applied to (assumed tropical:) a man: (K:) and مَأْدَةٌ (TA) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ and يَمْؤُودٌ to a female. (K.) You say رَجُلٌ مَأْدٌ, (L,) and يَمْؤُودٌ, (S, L,) (assumed tropical:) A young, and soft, or tender, man: and اـِمْرَأَةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (L,) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, (S, L,) and يَمْؤُودٌ, (L,) (assumed tropical:) a young, and soft, or tender woman: (S, L:) and جَارِيةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (K,) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) a soft, or tender, damsel: (K:) and جاريةٌ مَأْدَةُ الشَّبَابِ, and مَادَةٌ, without ء, (assumed tropical:) a damsel having youthful softness, thinness of skin, and plumpness. (L.) ― -b3- مَأْدُ الشَّبَابِ (assumed tropical:) The softness, or tenderness, of youth. (L.) ― -b4- مَكَانٌ ثَأْدٌ مَأْدٌ [ A place moist and soft ]; (S, L;) as also ↓ ثَئِدٌ مَئِدٌ. (T, art. ثأد.) -A2- مَأْدٌ The moisture that exudes from the earth, before it springs forth: (L, K:) of the dial. of Syria. (L.)