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رد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رَدَّةٌ ذ , (T, S, A, K,) or ↓ ردَّةٌ, (so in a copy of the M,) (tropical:) [ A quality that repels the eye: ] unseemliness, or ugliness, (IAar, IDrd, S, M, K,) with somewhat of comeliness, in the face: (S:) or somewhat of unseemliness or ugliness (T, A) in the face of a woman who has some comeliness, (T,) or in the face of a comely woman: (A:) or unseemliness, or ugliness, from which the eye reverts: (Aboo-Leylà:) and a fault, or defect, (IAar, IDrd, M,) in a man, (IAar,) or in the face. (IDrd, M.) ― -b2- And the former, (accord. to a copy of the M,) or ↓ the latter, (A, K,) (tropical:) A receding (تَقَاعَسٌ) in the chin, (M, A, K) when there is in the face somewhat of unseemliness, or ugliness, and somewhat of comeliness. (M.) ― -b3- And the former, (accord. to a copy of the A,) or ↓ the latter, (K,) (tropical:) The returned sound of the echo; as in the phrase, سَمِعْتُ رَدَّةَ الصَّدَى [ I heard the returned sound of the echo ]: (A:) or the echo of a mountain. (K.) ― -b4- Also the former, A gift, or stipend; syn. عَطِيَّةٌ. (L, from a trad.) ― -b5- And Affection, and desire: so in the phrase, لَهُ رَدَّةٌ فِينَا [ He has affection, and desire, for us ], in a verse of 'Orweh Ibn-El-Ward. (Sh.)

Derived headwords

رَدَّةٌ
  1. 1.
سَمِعْتُ رَدَّةَ الصَّدَى
لَهُ رَدَّةٌ فِينَا