مد

مدٌّ ذ inf. n. of 1, q. v. ― -b2- [As a subst.] قَدْرُ مَدِّ البَصَرِ (tropical:) A piece of land (S, L) [occupying] the space of the extent of vision; i. q. مَدَاهُ. (S, L, K.) It is said in the K, art. مدى, that one should not say مدّ البصر, but only مَدَاهُ; this was originally said by El-Hareeree: but some urge against it the expression in a trad., مَدُّ صَوْتِ المُؤَذِّنِ: (MF:) the trad. is, اـِنَّ المُؤَذِّنَ يُغْفَرُ لَهُ مَدَّ صَوْتِهِ, or, according to another reading, مَدَى صوته; i. e., (tropical:) Verily the muëdhdhin shall be forgiven to the extent of the prolonging of his voice; meaning, largely. (L, TA.) ― -b3- أَتَيْتُهُ مَدَّ النَّهَارِ, and مَدَّ الضُّحَى, (A,) and فِى مَدِّةِ, (L,) (tropical:) I came to him at the time when the day, and the morning, was hïgh; or was advanced, the sun being high. (A, L,) مَدَّ is here an inf. n. put adverbially. (L.) ― -b4- هٰذَا مَدُّ النَّهَارِ الأَكْبَرُ (tropical:) This is the highest time of day. (A.) ― -b5- كَلِمَاتِهِ ↓ سُبْحَانَ ا@للّٰهِ مِدَادَ, (A, L, K,) and ↓ مَدَدَهَا, (L,) and مِدَادَ السَّمَوَاتِ, (L, K,) and مَدَدَهَا, (L,) (tropical:) I extol, or celebrate, or declare, the absolute purity, or perfection, or glory, of God, much as his words are numerous, (L,) and, as the heavens are many, or large: (L, K: *) ↓ مداد and ↓ مدد are here inf. ns. of مَدَّهُ, q. v.: (L:) or the first of these phrases is from مداد the pl. of مُدٌّ, a certain measure. (K.) ― -b6- مَدٌّ, app. an inf. n. used as a subst., A flow of water; a torrent: pl. مُدُودٌ. (Msb.)