رءد

رُؤْدٌ ذ (T, L, TA; in a copy of the M ↓ رُؤُودٌ [perhaps a mistranscription for رَؤُودٌ if not for رُؤْدٌ; but more probably for the former, which see in art. رود]; in the L, in one place, ↓ رَؤُدٌ; and in a copy of the A ↓ رَائِدٌ [which is probably correct, as is also رُؤْدٌ];) A branch, or twig, in the most fresh, or supple, and soft, or tender, state, (T, M, A, L,) in the first year of its growth: (T, A, L:) [being also used as a coll. gen. n.,] it has for its n. un. ↓ رُؤْدَةٌ: (T, L:) some say that رُؤْدٌ signifies the extremity of any branch or twig: the pl. is أَرْاآدٌ and أَرَائِدُ; the latter of which is extr.; and is not a pl. pl.; for, were it so, it would be أَرَائِيدُ (M, L.) ― -b2- Also, (T, S ,M, A, K,) from the same word applied to a branch, or twig, (T,) and ↓ رَأْدٌ, (S, K,) each with ء, (AZ, S,) and ↓ رُؤدَةٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ رَأْدَةٌ (T, S, M, A, K) and رَادَةٌ, (A, K,) without ء, (A,) [in the CK repeated with ء,] and ↓ رَؤُودَةٌ (M, K, in the CK رَؤُدَةٌ) and ↓ رَائِدَةٌ (A) and in some copies of the K رُودَةٌ without ء, [which is in some copies written with ء, and] to which the signification there next given (أَصْلُ اللَّحْىِ) is in other copies made to belong, (TA,) and some add رَادٌ, without ء, (MF,) (tropical:) A youthful girl: (T:) or a soft, or tender, girl or woman: (A:) and (T) a woman goodly, or beautiful, (T, S, K,) and youthful: (T, K:) or one who soon attains to youthfulness with good food: (M:) pl. of the first أَرْاآدٌ. (T, M.) You say غَيْرُ رَادَةِ ↓ اِمْرَأَةٌ رَأْدَةٌ, in which the former رادة may be without ء, and the latter must be so, meaning (tropical:) A soft, or tender, woman; not one that roves about. (A, TA.) -A2- Also رُؤْدٌ i. q. تُؤَدَةٌ [ Moderation; gentleness; a leisurely manner of proceeding; &c.] (M, K. [In the latter, the form of the word having this signification is not plainly indicated.]) A poet says, كَأَنَّهُ ثَمِلٌ يَمْشِى عَلَىرُودِ [ As though he were one intoxicated, walking in a gentle, or leisurely, manner ]; for علىرُؤدِ; suppressing the ء for the sake of the rhyme: but he who regards the word as that of which رُوَيْدٌ is the dim. does not regard it as originally with ء. (M, TA.) -A3- See also رَأْدٌ.