ورد

مَوْرِدٌ ذ A place of coming to water: (Msb:) a watering-place: (L:) and ↓ مَوْرِدَةٌ a road, or way, by which one comes to water; (L, K;) as also ↓ وَارِدَةٌ: (A, K:) pl. of the first (L) and second, (TA,) مَوَارِدُ; (L, TA;) and of the third, وَارِدَاتٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, (A, TA,) مَوْرِدٌ and ↓ وَارِدٌ (tropical:) A road, or way; (S, L;) as also ↓ وَارِدَةٌ: (TA:) or the last, the middle and main part of a road; or a main road; or simply, a road; syn. جَادَّةٌ; (K;) as also ↓ مَوْرِدَةٌ: (L, K:) pls. as above. (A, TA.) ― -b3- مَوَارِدُ أَمْرٍ (tropical:) [ The ways leading to a thing: or the ways of commencing a thing ]: (TA, art. رحب.) [See an ex., voce تَرَاحَبَ; and see its opposite, مَصَادِرُ أَمْرٍ, voce مَصْدَرٌ.] ― -b4- [مَوْرِدٌ also signifies, agreeably with analogy, The time of coming to water: pl. مَوَارِدُ: see the last signification of ثَلَّةٌ in this lexicon: see also وِرُدٌ.] -A2- مَوْرِدُ مَثَلٍ (tropical:) [ The primary idea, or thing, signified by a parable or proverb: correlative of مَضْرِبُ مَثَلٍ: pl. مَوَارِدُ]. (TA, &c., passim.)