رصد

رَاصِدٌ ذ Sitting [or lying in wait ] for one in the road, or way: (Msb:) or watching, or waiting; لِشَىْءٍ for a thing: (S:) or one lying in wait, or in a place of watching, or in a road or way, for the purpose of guarding: (Mgh:) pl. رَاصِدُونَ, (K,) and ↓ رَصَدٌ, like as خَدَمٌ is pl. of خَادِمٌ, (Mgh, Msb,) and حَرَسٌ of حَارِسٌ; (Mgh;) or [rather] رَصَدٌ is syn. with رَاصِدُونَ, (S, * A, * K,) or with مُرْتَصِدُونَ, [which has the same meaning,] and is a quasi-pl. n., (M,) a word like حَرَسٌ (S, A) and خَدَمٌ, (A,) and used alike as sing. and pl. [and masc.] and fem.; and sometimes they said أَرْصَادٌ; (S;) and رَصَدَةٌ also is used as a pl. of رَاصَِدٌ, agreeably with analogy; (Mgh;) and رُصَّدٌ likewise appears to be a pl. of the same. (Ham p. 415.) One says, ↓ فُلَانٌ يَخَافُ رَصَدًا مِنْ قُدَّامِهِ وَطَلَبًا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ i. e. [ Such a one fears ] an enemy lying in wait [ before him, and pursuers behind him ]. (A.) By ↓ رَصَدًا in the Kur lxxii. last verse but one, are meant watchers over an angel sent down with a revelation, lest one of the jinn, or genii, should overhear the revelation and acquaint therewith the diviners, who would acquaint other men therewith, and thus become equal to the prophets. (M, L.) ― -b2- Hence, (TA,) الرَّاصِدُ is an appellation of The Lion. (K, TA.)