ندح

1 نَدَحَهُ ذ , aor. نَدَحَ , (A, K,) inf. n. نَدْحٌ; and ↓ ندّحهُ, (A,) inf. n. تَنْدِيحٌ; (TA;) He made it (a place, A) spacious, roomy, wide, or ample. (A, K.) ― -b2- Hence the saying of Umm-Selemeh to 'Aïsheh, (when she desired to go forth to El-Basrah, TA,) قَدْ جَمَعَ القُرْاآنُ ذَيْلَكِ فَلَا تَنْدَحِيهِ, i. e., [ The Kur-án hath drawn together, or contracted, thy skirt; therefore ] do not widen it, (S, L, K,) or do not spread it abroad, (L,) by thy going forth to El-Basrah: (S, L, K:) the pronoun ه refers to the word ذيل: the speaker alluded to the words of the Kur-án, [xxxiii. 33,] وَقَرْنَ فِى بُيُوُتِكُنَّ وَلَا تَبَرَّجْنَ. (L.) Accord. to one relation, the last words are لا تَبْدَحِيهِ, i. e., do not open it. (S.) ― -b3- نَدَحَتِ النَّعَامَةُ أُنْدُوحَةً The ostrich excavated and made wide a hollow place for her eggs. (A.) ― -b4- أَتْرَبَ فَنَدَحَ He became possessed of wealth like the dust, and enlarged his mode of life, and scattered his property. A proverb. (MF, from Meyd.)