رضو

مَرْضَاآةٌ ذ , originally مَرْضَوَةٌ, (TA,) an inf. n. of رَضِىَ. (S, * M, K.) ― -b2- [Also A cause, or means, or an occasion, of رِضًى, i. e., of being pleased, well pleased, conten, &c.: a word of the same class as مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ. Hence the saying,] البِرُّ مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ مَسْخَطَةٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ [ Piety is a cause of approbation to the Lord, a cause of disapprobation, or anger, to the devil ]. (TA in art. سخط.) The pl. of مَرْضَاةٌ is مَرَاضٍ [accord. to rule]: or this is an irreg. pl. of رِضًى. (TA.)