مدح

5 تمدّح ذ He affected (تَكَلَّفَ) to be praised, eulogized, or commended; endeavoured, or constrained himself, to gain praise, eulogy, or commendation. (S, K.) هُوَ يَتَمَدَّحُ اـِلَى النَّاسِ He seeks to gain the praise, eulogy, or commendation, of people. (A.) ― -b2- He praised, eulogized, or commended, himself. (TA.) ― -b3- He gloried: he boasted of abundance which he did not possess. (K.) ― -b4- العَرَبُ تَتَمَدَّحُ بِالسَّخَاآءِ [ The Arabs glory in liberality, bounty, munificence, or generosity ]. (A.) ― -b5- See 1. ― -b6- تَمَدَّحَتِ الخَاصِرَةُ, (S, K,) and ↓ امتدحت, and ↓ اـِمَّدَحَت [originally اـِنْمدَحَت], (K,) The hypochondre, or flank, became distended, expanded, or dilated, (S, K,) by reason of satiety; like تندّحت: occurring in this sense in a verse of Er-Rá'ee, as some relate it; as others relate it, it is تمذّحت. (S.) ― -b7- بَطْنُهُ ↓ امدحّ His belly became wide, or distended; a dial. form of اندحّ. (S.) This, says F, is a mistake; but it is no mistake; and he has perverted the words of J, which are confirmed by Sgh and the author of the L and many others. (MF.) ― -b8- Also تمدّحت الأَرْضُ, and امتدحت, and ↓ امّدحت (K) and ↓ انمدحت, (TA,) The land became ample, or spacious. (K.) The first and second are formed by substitution of م for ن from تندحت and انتدّحت. (L.)