رصد

رَصَدٌ ذ : see رَاصِدٌ, in three places. -A2- Also A road, or way; (Msb;) and so ↓ مَرْصَدٌ, (TA,) both signify the same, (M,) and ↓ مرْصَادٌ (S, K, TA) and ↓ مُرْتَصَدٌ: (TA:) and ↓ مِرْصَادٌ, (IAmb, K,) or ↓ مَرْصَدٌ, (S,) or both, (M, A,) and ↓ مُرْتَصَدٌ and رَصَدٌ, (A,) a place where one lies in wait, or watches, (IAmb, S, M, A, K,) for an enemy: (IAmb, K:) the pl. of رَصَدٌ is أَرْصَادٌ; (Msb;) and the pl. of ↓ مَرْصَدٌ is مَرَاصِدُ, (TA,) which signifies also lurking places of serpents. (M, L.) You say, ↓ قَعَدَ لَهُ بِالمَرْصَدِ and ↓ بِالمِرْصَادِ and ↓ بِالمُرْتَصَدِ (A, Msb) and بِالرَّصَدِ (A) He lay in wait for him in the way. (A, * Msb.) And أَنَا لَكَ بِالرَّصَدِ and ↓ بِالمِرْصَادِ (tropical:) [ I am in the place of lying in wait for thee ], meaning thou canst not escape me. (A.) And 'Adee says, ↓ وَاـِنَّ المَنَايَا لِلّرِجَالِ بِمرْصَدِ (tropical:) [ And verily deaths are in a place of lying in wait for men, so that they cannot escape them]. (TA.) ↓ وَا@قْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ, in the Kur [ix. 5], means And lie ye in wait for them in every road, or way; (AM, TA;) accord. to Fr, in their way to the Sacred House. (TA.) And ↓ اـِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِا@لْمِرْصَادِ, in the Kur [lxxxix. 13], means Verily thy Lord is in the way; i. e., in the way by which thou goest; (TA;) so that none of thine actions escapeth Him: (Msb:) or it means that He watcheth, or lieth in wait, to punish him who disbelieveth in Him and turneth away from Him: (Zj, TA:) or that He watcheth every man to recompense him for his deeds: (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA:) or, accord. to El-Aamash, المرصاد is here a name applied to three bridges behind the صِرَاط; on one of which is security; on another, mercy; and on the third, the Lord. (L, TA.) -A3- Also A small quantity of rain: (S, K:) one says, بِهَا رَصَدٌ مِنْ حَيًا [ In it, namely, the land (الأَرْض), is a small quantity of rain ]: (S:) and so ↓ رَصْدٌ: (TA:) or both signify rain that comes after other rain: or rain that falls first, before other rain coming: or the first of rain: or, accord. to IAar, the former word signifies rain such as is termed عِهَاد, after which other rain is looked for; and if other rain follow it, herbage is produced: one shower thereof is termed ↓ رَصَدَةٌ and ↓ رَصْدَةٌ; the latter mentioned by Th: (M:) or ↓ رَصْدَةٌ signifies a shower, or what falls at once, of rain [app. in any case]: (S, K:) the pl. of رَصَدٌ is أَرْصَادٌ (S, M, K) and رِصَادٌ, (M,) the latter mentioned on the authority of A'Obeyd: (TA:) [or] the latter is pl. of ↓ رَصْدَةٌ. (S.) ― -b2- Also A small quantity of herbage, (S, M, K,) in land upon which one hopes for the fall of the rain of the season called الرَّبِيع. (M.)