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مجد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مَجِيدٌ ذ (from مَجُدَ, L) and ↓ مَاجِدٌ (from مَجَدَ, L) A man (S) possessing, or characterized by, مَجْد [or glory, honour, dignity, nobility, &c.; glorious, in a state of honour or dignity, noble, &c. ]: (S, L, K:) glorious, in a state of honour or dignity, noble, abounding in good, and beneficent; but the former has a more intensive sense: or the latter, characterized by gloriousness or nobleness of actions: (K:) or, by personal glory or nobility with goodness of actions; and the former has a more intensive sense: or both, generous and munificent: (L:) and the latter, good in disposition, and liberal, bountiful, munificent, or generous: (ISh, L, K:) pl., either of the former or of the latter, أَمْجَادٌ. (L.) ― -b2- المَجِيدُ as an epithet of God signifies The Glorious, or Great, or Great in dignity, who gives liberally, or bountifully: or the Bountiful and beneficent: (L, TA:) and ↓ المَاجِدُ is applied in the same manner: (L:) or the former, He who is glorified for his deeds. (T, L.) ― -b3- مَجِيدٌ is also applied in the Kur as an epithet to the throne (عَرْش) of God; and to the Kur-án; (L.) and signifies exalted; sublime; (IAar. L, K;) noble; (Zj, L, K;) when thus applied: (IAar, Zj, L, K:) but in ch. lxxxv., v. 15, for ذُو العَرْشِ المَجِيدِ, some read ذو العَرْشِ المَجِيدُ, making المجيد an epithet of ذو; and in the same ch., v. 21, for هُوَ قُرَاآنٌ مَجِيدٌ, some read هو قُرْاآنٌ مَجِيدٍ, making مجيد an epithet of God. (L.) المَجِيدُ alone also occurs in a trad. as meaning the Kur-án. (L.)

Derived headwords

مَجِيدٌ
  1. 1.
ذُو العَرْشِ المَجِيدِ
العَرْشِ المَجِيدُ
هُوَ قُرَاآنٌ مَجِيدٌ
هو قُرْاآنٌ مَجِيدٍ