Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

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R. Q. 1 مَأْمَأَتْ ذ She (a ewe or she-goat or a gazelle) uttered continuously the cry مِئْ مِئْ, (K,) or (accord. to the Tes-heel) ماَءآإ مَاآءِ: [and this is confirmed by a verse which I have cited voce تَخَوَّنَ:] (MF:) thus written in his Háshiyeh. (TA.)

1 مَؤُجَ ذ , aor. مَأَُ (or مَأَجَ, aor, مَأََ , M), inf. n. مُؤُوجَةٌ, It (water) was, or became, what is termed أُجَاج, (S, K,) i. e., salt, (TA,) [or bitter, or salt and bitter, &c. ].

مَاآءٌ مَأْجٌ ذ , (and, as occurring in a verse of Ibn-Harmeh, مَاجٌ, without ء, IB,) Water such as is termed أُجَاج, (S, K,) i. e., salt, (TA,) [or bitter, or salt and bitter, &c. ]

1 مَأَدَ ذ , aor. مَأََ , (S, L, K,) inf. n. مَأْدٌ, (S, L,) It (a plant, L, K, and a tree, L, and a branch, S, L) was, or became, flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (L:) or it quivered, shook, or played loosely, and was, or became, succulent, or sappy, (L, K,) and flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (K:) it (a branch or twig) became filled with its first sap: and مَؤُدَ, aor. مَأَُ , it (a plant) became succulent, or sappy. (L.) يَمْأَدُ مَأْدًا حَسَنًا It (a branch) is [ beautifully ] soft, tender, and supple, and quivering. (S, L.)

4 امأد ذ It (the imbibing of moisture, L, K, and the [rain or season called] رَبِيع, and the like, L) caused a plant [or tree or branch] to become flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (L:) or to quiver, shake, or play loosely, and to become succulent, or sappy, (L, K,) and flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple. (K).

8 امتأد خَيْرًا ذ He gained, or acquired, good, or prosperity. (S, L, K.)

مَأْدٌ ذ and ↓ يَمْؤُودٌ A [plant or tree or] branch [ flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: see 1: or] quivering, shaking, or playing loosely, and succulent, or sappy, flourishing and fresh, and soft, tender, and supple: (K:) or a plant [or tree] or branch soft, tender, and supple; (S, L;) and ↓ مَئِيدٌ signifies the same, (K,) applied to a branch; and so ↓ مَائِدٌ: (TA:) which last also signifies a branch succulent, or sappy; and so مَأْدٌ, (L,) and ↓ مُمْأَدٌ: (TA:) and (as some say, L) مَأْدٌ signifies soft, tender, or supple, applied to anything. (L, K.) ― -b2- In like manner, مَأْدٌ and ↓ يَمْؤُودٌ are applied to (assumed tropical:) a man: (K:) and مَأْدَةٌ (TA) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ and يَمْؤُودٌ to a female. (K.) You say رَجُلٌ مَأْدٌ, (L,) and يَمْؤُودٌ, (S, L,) (assumed tropical:) A young, and soft, or tender, man: and اـِمْرَأَةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (L,) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, (S, L,) and يَمْؤُودٌ, (L,) (assumed tropical:) a young, and soft, or tender woman: (S, L:) and جَارِيةٌ مَأْدَةٌ, (K,) and يَمْؤُودَةٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) a soft, or tender, damsel: (K:) and جاريةٌ مَأْدَةُ الشَّبَابِ, and مَادَةٌ, without ء, (assumed tropical:) a damsel having youthful softness, thinness of skin, and plumpness. (L.) ― -b3- مَأْدُ الشَّبَابِ (assumed tropical:) The softness, or tenderness, of youth. (L.) ― -b4- مَكَانٌ ثَأْدٌ مَأْدٌ [ A place moist and soft ]; (S, L;) as also ↓ ثَئِدٌ مَئِدٌ. (T, art. ثأد.) -A2- مَأْدٌ The moisture that exudes from the earth, before it springs forth: (L, K:) of the dial. of Syria. (L.)

مَئِدٌ ذ : see مَأْدٌ.

مَئِيدٌ ذ : see مَأْدٌ.

مَائِدٌ ذ : see مَأْدٌ.

مُمْأَدٌ ذ : see مَأْدٌ.

يَمْؤُودٌ ذ : see مَأْدٌ.

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1 مَتَّ ذ , aor. مَتُ3َ , inf. n. مَتٌّ, He extended, or stretched out, (S, K,) a rope, &c. (TA); i. q. مَدَّ (S, K) and مَطَّ and مَغَطَ. (TA.) ― -b2- مَتَّ فِى السَّيْرِ i. q. مَدَّ. (TA.) ― -b3- مَتَّ, aor. مَتُ3َ , inf. n. مَتٌّ, He drew [water], or drew up [a bucket], without a pulley. (S, K.) ― -b4- مَتَّ, aor. مَتُ3َ , inf. n. مَتٌّ; (S, K;) and ↓ مَتْمَتَ, inf. n. مَتْمَتَةٌ; (K;) He sought to bring himself near [to another], or to approach [to him], or to gain access [to him], or to advance himself in [his] favour, (تَوَسَّلَ,) by relationship, (S, K,) or by what is termed حُرْمَة, [see مَاتَّةٌ, below,] or by other means: (TA:) or i. q. تَوَصَّل [which seems here to signify nearly or exactly the same as توسّل] by relationship, or by what is termed دَالَّة [or blandishment, &c.] (L.) ― -b5- مَتَّ اـِلَيْهِ بِالشَّىْءِ He sought to bring himself near to him, &c., (توسّل اليه,) by the thing. (M.) ― -b6- ↓ مَتْمَتَ He sought to bring himself near, &c., [to another,] by affection, or love, or by relationship. (IAar.) ― -b7- لَا تَمُتَّاْنِ اـِلَى اللّٰهِ بِحَبْلٍ وَلَا تَمُدَّانِ اـِلَيْهِ بِسَبَبٍ [ Ye two shall not approach, or obtain access, to God by means of any friend, nor shall ye do so by means of any relation ]. A trad. (TA.) ― -b8- مَتَّهُ i. q. طَلَبَ اـِلَيْهِ المَتَاتَ, q. v. infra. (L.)

3 ماتّ فُلَانًا ذ He reminded such a one of what are termed مَوَاتّ [pl. of مَاتَّةٌ, q. v.]. (A.)

5 تَمَتَّى ذ , originally تَمَتَّتَ, which has not been heard, (like تَظَنَّى for تَظَنَّنَ, TA,) i. q. تَمَطَّى. (K.) ― -b2- تَمَتَّى فِى الحَبْلِ He bore upon the rope in order to break it, (K,) or to stretch it out. (TA.) See also art. متو.

R. Q. 1 متمت ذ : see 1, in two places.

مَتَّى ذ dial. form of مَتَى, q. v. (K.) It occurs in the following instances: أَلَمْ تَسْأَلِ الأَطَلَالَ مَتَّى عُهُودُهَا [ Didst thou not ask the remains of the dwelling, when were their times? ] AHát asked As respecting متّى in this hemistich, and he answered, I know not. AHát thinks that it is for مَتَى: or that it may be for مَتًّا, inf. n. of مَتَّ; and that the meaning may be [ Didst thou not ask the remains of the dwelling, ] whereof the times when men were present there are (or were ) long past, or distant, or remote? but he confesses that he does not know. (L.) MF remarks upon it, that it is very extraordinary. (TA.)

مَتَاتٌ ذ signifies مَا يُمَتّ بِهِ; (K;) i. e., That whereby one seeks to bring himself near [ to another ], or, to approach [ to him ], or, to advance himself in [ his ] favour; or to gain access [ to him ]. (TA.) طَلَبَ اـِلَيْهِ الَمَتاتَ [ He sought the means of drawing near to him, or, of advancing himself in his favour, &c.: or he sought access to him ]. (TA.) [See also ↓ مَاتَّة, which signifies the same.]

مَاتَّةٌ ذ i. q. حُرْمَةٌ and وَسِيلَةٌ: [the former signifies, Anything that is sacred or inviolable; and here, such a bond, or tie, or the like; or a quality &c. to be regarded as sacred, or inviolable; or that which renders one entitled to respect and reverence: so says IbrD: the latter, a thing whereby one seeks to bring himself near, or to approach, to another, or to advance himself in his favour: ] (S, K:) pl. مَوَاتُّ. (S.) [See also مَتَاتٌ, which signifies the same.] ― -b2- بَيْنَنَا رَحِمٌ مَاتَّةٌ, i. e. قَرِيبَةٌ, Between us is a near relationship. (L.)

1 مَتَأَ ذ , aor. مَتَاَ , He beat a person with a staff or stick. (S, K.) ― -b2- Also, inf. n. مَتْءٌ, (TA,) He extended, or stretched out, a rope: (S, K:) a dial. form of مَتَا. [See art. متو]. (S.)

1 مَتَحَ المَاآءَ ذ , aor. مَتَحَ , (inf. n. مَتْحٌ, S,) He drew water: (S, Msb, K:) or he drew up water by means of the pulley and its appertenances. (L.) ― -b2- مَتَحَ الدَّلْوَ He drew out the bucket: (Msb:) or he pulled the rope of the bucket, drawing [ the rope ] with one hand, and taking [ it to draw again ] with the other hand, at the head of the well; as also مَتَحَ بِالدَّلْوِ. (L.) -A2- مَتَحَ بِهَا Pepedit. (S, K.) ― -b2- مَتَحَ بِسَلْحِهِ Alvum dejecit; (S, K;) as also مَتَخَ بِهِ. (TA.) -A3- مَتَحَ النَّهَارُ (tropical:) The day advanced, the sun becoming high: (S, K:) a dial. form of مَتَعَ: (S:) became prolonged. (TA.) ― -b2- مَتَحَ, and ↓ امتح, (tropical:) It (a day, and a night,) was long, or prolonged. Said of a summer-day and of a winter-night. (As.)

4 أَمْتَحَ see 1.

5 الاـِبِلُ تَتَمَتَّحُ فِى سَيْرِهَا ذ (tropical:) The camels move their fore-legs alternately تُرَاوِحُ بِأَيْدِيهَا, A, and some copies of the K; in other copies of the K, تَتَرَوَّحُ;) in going along, (K,) like as the drawer of water moves alternately his two arms. (A.)

8 امتتح ذ He pulled out a thing: (Aboo-Turáb and T, art. نتح, and K:) as also اـِنْتَتَحَ. (Aboo-Turáb and T, ubi supra.)

مَتْحٌ ذ inf. n. of 1: see مَتُوحٌ.

بئْرٌ مَتُوحٌ ذ (tropical:) A well from which one draws water with the two hands by means of the pulley: (S, L, K:) or, of which the bottom, or part from which the water is drawn, is near to the mouth: pl. مُتُحٌ. (L.) [See also جَرُورٌ.] ― -b2- [You say,] سِرْنَا عُقْبَةً مَتُوحًا [in the CK عَقبَةَ] (tropical:) We proceeded a long march. (S, L, K, *) ― -b3- ↓ بَيْنَنَا فَرْسَحٌ مَتْحًا, and ↓ مَاتِحٌ, and ↓ مَتَّاحٌ, (tropical:) Between us is a long league. (L.) ― -b4- لَيْلٌ مَتَّاحٌ (tropical:) A long night. (S, K.) ― -b5- اـِلَى اللَّيْلِ ↓ يَوْمٌ مَتَّاحٌ (tropical:) A day in which travelling is prolonged until the evening without intermission or alighting. (L.) See مَاتِحٌ.

مَتَّاحٌ ذ : see مَتُوحٌ. ― -b2- فَرَسٌ مَتَّاحٌ (tropical:) A long horse, (A, TA,) that stretches himself out much or takes long steps, مَدَّادٌ, (A, K,) in going along. (TA.)

مَاتِحٌ ذ and ↓ مَتُوحٌ A drawer of water; (S;) applied to a man who draws the water from the mouth of the well: one who draws it from the bottom being called مَائِحٌ: pl. of مَاتِحٌ, مُتَّاحٌ. (L.) ― -b2- مَاتِحٌ A camel that draws water: pl. مَوَاتِحُ. (L.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce ذَمَّةٌ.] ― -b3- See متُوحٌ.

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1 مَثَّ ذ , [aor. مَثِ3َ ,] It (a bone) distilled, or let flow, the only matter that was in it: (TA:) [like نَثَّ]. ― -b2- مَثَّ, (S, K, aor. مَثَ3َ , inf. n. مَثٌّ, TA,) and ↓ مَثْمَثَ, (K,) or, as in some copies of the K, ↓ ثَمَثْمَثَ, (TA,) It (a نِحْى, or butterskin,) exuded [ its butter: as also نَثَّ]. (S, K.) You do not say of it نَضَحَ. (S.) ― -b3- يَمِثُّ مَثَّ الحَمِيتِ He sweats like the butter-skin. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b4- مَثَّ, aor. مَثِ3َ , He (a man) sweated by reason of fatness. (TA.) ― -b5- جَاءَ يَمِثُّ He came in a fat state, and looking as though he were anointed. (TA.) ― -b6- مَثَّ قَيْحًا وَدَمًا, aor. مَثُ3َ ; or aor. مَثِ3َ ; accord. to different readings of a phrase in the story of Abrahah; [ It exuded matter and blood ]: in the former case, the verb is trans.; in the latter, intrans.; and قيحا, in the latter case, is regarded as a specificative. (Suh.) ― -b7- مَثَّ شَارِبَهُ, (aor. مَثُ3َ , inf. n. مَثٌّ, ISd,) He put some grease upon his mustaches: (S, K:) or he greased his mustaches so that they glistened: (ISd:) or he wiped his mustaches with his hands, they having been greased, and left some remains, or traces, of grease visible upon them: (AZ:) IDrd thinks مَثَّ and نَثَّ to be syn. (TA.) ― -b8- مَثَّ الجُرْحَ, [aor. مَثُ3َ ,] He removed the purulent matter from the wound: (Aboo-Turáb, K:) or he anointed the wound; as also نَثَّ. (Aboo-Turáb.) ― -b9- مَثَّ, aor. مَثُ3َ , (inf. n. مَثٌّ, TA,) He wiped his hand (or fingers, TA,) with a napkin, or with dry grass, (S,) or the like: (TA:) a dial. form of مَشَّ: (S:) or he wiped anything: (TA:) [as also نِثَّ.]

R. Q. 1 مَثْمَثَ ذ He saturated a wick with oil. (K.) ― -b2- مَثْمَثَ, He immersed [a thing] in water. (K.) -A2- مَثْمَثَ, (inf. n. مَثْمَثَةٌ, S, and مِثْمَاثٌ, S, K,) He mixed, or confounded. (S, K.) You say مثمث أَمْرَهُمْ He confounded their affair. (S.) ― -b2- مَثْمَثَهُ He moved it, or shook it, about; (S, K;) like مَزْمَزَهُ: (As, S:) you say أَخَذَهُ فَمَثْمَثَهُ He took it, and moved it, or shook it, about, and went forwards and backwards with it. (S.) ― -b3- A poet says, ثُمَّ ا@سْتَحَثَّ ذَرْعَهُ ا@سْتِحْثَاثَا نَكَفْتُ حَيْثُ مَثْمَثَ المِيْمَاثَا i. e., I came upon his track: and [the case is, that] the viper makes its course confused: therefore the poet means, that he came upon (أَصَابَ) a confused track. (S, app. from As.) [It seems to me, that he is speaking of the track of a viper.] مِثْمَاثٌ, with kesreh, is the inf. n.; and مَثْمَاثٌ, with fet-hah, is the subst. (S, K.) [By the subst., is here meant the ideal subst., or abstract noun, (like زَلْزَالٌ and قَلْقَال, as dis- tinguished from زِلْزَالٌ and قِلْقَالٌ,) signifying Mixture, or confusion. ] -A3- مَثْمَثُوا بِنَا, (K,) or مثمثوا بنا سَاعَةً, and ↓ تَمَثْمَثُوا, (TA,) i. q. لَثْلِثُوا. (K.)

R. Q. 2 see 1 and R. Q. 1.

نَبْتٌ مَثَّاثٌ ذ A moist plant. (TA.)

مَثْمَاثٌ ذ : see R. Q. 1.

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1 مَجَّهُ مِنْ فِيهِ ذ , (S, K, &c.,) and مَجَّ بِهِ, aor. مَجُ3َ , and some allow مَجَ3َ , but this is not well known, and, unless the medial letter of the pret. be pronounced with kesreh by those who use this form of the aor., it is to be rejected utterly, (TA,) He cast it forth, or ejected it, or spirted it, from his mouth; meaning beverage, or wine, شَرَاب: (S, K:) and spittle: or, accord. to some, water only: or a thing: (L:) or, properly, something fluid; لَفَظَهُ being used to signify “ he cast it forth ” from his mouth when the thing meant is not fluid: but used with relation to all other things that are perceived by any of the senses, figuratively: (MF:) accord. to Sh, it is used to signify the pouring forth of water, and of spittle, from the mouth, when it is ejected to a short distance or far; or, as some say, only when it is ejected far. (TA.) It is made trans. by means of بِ because syn. with رَمَى [which is trans. by the same means]. (MF.) ― -b2- مَجَّتِ النَّحْلُ العَسَلَ The bees ejected the honey from their mouths. (TA.) ― -b3- مَجَّ العِرْقُ بِالدَّمِ The vein ejected, or spirted forth, blood. (TA.) ― -b4- مَجَّتِ الشَّمْسُ رِيقَهَا (tropical:) [ The sun ejected its spittle; meaning the filmy substance described in the explanation of لُعَابُ الشَّمْسِ]. (A.) ― -b5- هٰذَا كَلَامٌ تَمُجُّهُ الأَسْمَاعُ (tropical:) This is language which the ears reject. (MF.) ― -b6- قَرَأَ اآيَةً فَمَجَّ بِهَا (tropical:) He read a verse of the Kur-án, and dismissed it from his mind ]; i. e., did not reflect upon it. (MF, from a trad.) -A2- مَجَّ and بَجَّ, (TA in this art.,) or مَجَّ and نَجَّ, (TA in art. نج,) acc. to IAar, are syn. (TA.)

4 امجّ ذ , (S, K,) and, by poetic licence, أَمْجَجَ, (TA,) inf. n. اـِمْجَاجٌ, (As,) He (a horse) ran violently: (TA:) or he (a horse) began to perform the act of running, before it ( his run, As) was vehement, or ardent. (قَبْلَ أَنْ يَضْطَرِمَ). (As, S, K.) ― -b2- He (a man) went, or went forth journeying, through (فى) countries. (S, K.) ― -b3- He went away, or departed, to (اـِلى) a country or town. (TA.)

7 انمجّت نُقْطَةٌ مِنَ القَلَمِ ذ A drop [of ink] became spirted from the reed-pen. (S, K.)

R. Q. 1 مَجْمَجَ فِى خَبَرِهِ ذ , (inf. n. مَجْمَجَةٌ, TA,) He was not explicit in his information. (S, K.) [See also حَجْحَجَ.] ― -b2- مَجْمَجَ الكِتَابَ He made the writing indistinct in its letters: (S, K:) or he rendered the writing confused, and marred it with the pen. (Lth.) مَجْمَجَ خَطَّهُ He made his handwriting confused. (A.) ― -b3- مَجْمَجَ بِفُلَانٍ He pursued an indirect course of speech with such a one, and turned him back from one state to another: (Shujáa Es-Sulamee, K:) as also بَجْبَجَ بِهِ. (Shujáa.)

مَجٌّ ذ (S, K) and ↓ مُجَاجٌ (TA) The grain of the مَاش: (K:) or the grain called ماش; and called by the Arabs خُلَّرٌ and زِنٌّ: (T:) or a kind of grain resembling the lentil, ( but more round, TA); an arabicized word; in Persian ماش: (S:) or, accord. to El-Jawáleekee, it is Arabic: accord. to AHn, what is called مَجَّةٌ [n. un. of مَجٌّ, which is a coll. gen. n.,] is a sour or salt, or salt and bitter, plant, or tree, (حَمْضَةٌ) resembling the طَحْمَاآء, but more delicate, and smaller. (TA.) -A2- See مُجَاجٌ.

مُجُجٌ ذ Drunken men. (K.) ― -b2- Bees. (K.)

مُجَاجٌ ذ (S, K) and مُجَاجَةٌ (S) Spittle, or saliva, that one casts forth from his mouth: (S, K:) or the latter, [and so, app., ↓ مَجَّةٌ, see مَجَّاجَةٌ] a portion of such; a gob of spittle. (TA.) ― -b2- مُجَاجٌ فَمِ الجَارِيَةِ Girl's saliva, or spittle. (TA.) ― -b3- Also مُجَاجٌ, (K,) and مُجَاجُ النَّحْلِ [ The ejected spittle of the bees ], (S, K,) honey. (S, K.) ― -b4- مُجَاجُ الجَرَادِ (tropical:) The slaver of locusts. (TA.) ― -b5- مُجَاجُ الدَّبَى The slaver of little locusts. (L.) ― -b6- مُجَاجُ المُزْنِ (tropical:) [ The ejected spittle of the clouds; i. e.,] rain. (S, K.) ― -b7- مُجَاجة also signifies (tropical:) The expressed juice of a thing. (S.) ― -b8- مُجَاجُ العِنَبِ (tropical:) What flows of the expressed juice of grapes. (TA.) -A2- See مَجٌّ.

مَجَّاجٌ ذ (tropical:) A writer: so called because his pen emits ink. (TA.)

الأُذُنُ مَجَّاجَةٌ وَلِلنَّفْسِ حَمْضَةٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) The ear is wont to reject instruction, through forgetfulness, while the mind has eager desire to listen thereto, is said in a trad. (TA.) And in another trad., وَلِلنَّفْسِ حَمْضَةٌ ↓ لِلْأُذُنِ مَجَّةٌ [meaning the same]. (TA., art. حمض.) [See also حَمْضَةٌ.]

مَاجٌّ ذ One whose slaver flows by reason of old age, or extreme age: (K:) an old man who ejects his spittle, and cannot retain it, by reason of age: you say أَحْمَقُ مَاجٌّ, meaning a stupid, or foolish, drivelling, or slavering, fellow: (S:) and so, simply, مَاجٌّ: or stupid, or foolish, and decrepit: fem. with ة: (TA:) and pl. مَاجُّونَ (IAar) and مُجَّاجٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, An old she-camel: (K:) or a she-camel so old that she ejects the water from her throat: (S:) and in like manner an old and slavering he-camel: fem. with ة: (TA:) and pl. مَجَجَةٌ. (IAar.)

قَوْلٌ مَمْجُوجٌ ذ (tropical:) A saying which the ear rejects. (TA.)

تَمَجَّحَ ذ : see تَبَجَّحَ in art. بجح.

1 مَجَدَ ذ , aor. مَجُدَ , inf. n. مَجْدٌ; (L, K;) and مَجُدَ, aor. مَجُدَ , inf. n. مَجَادَةٌ; (S, L, K;) He (a man, S) was, or became, possessed of, or characterized by, مَجْد [or glory, honour, dignity, nobility, &c.; he was, or became, glorious, in a state of honour or dignity, noble, &c.: see مَجْدٌ below]. (S, L, K.) ― -b2- See 3. ― -b3- مَجَدَتِ الاـِبِلُ, (AZ, IAar, S, L, K,) aor. مَجُدَ , (AZ, L,) inf. n. مَجْدٌ (AZ, L, K) and مُجُودٌ; (AZ, S, L, K;) and ↓ امجدت; (L, K;) The camels fed in a land abounding with pasturage, and satiated themselves therewith: (AZ, L:) or, lighted upon abundant pasturage: (IAar, L, K:) or, obtained of fresh herbage, (خَلًى, S, K,) or of herbage, (L,) nearly as much as satiated them, (S, L, K,) and their bodies made this known. (L.) See 4. ― -b4- مَجَدَتِ الغَنَمُ, inf. n. مُجُودٌ, The sheep, or goats, ate of leguminous plants so as to blunt the sharpness of their hunger. (A.) ― -b5- [Hence, app., accord. to the A, the signification of مَجَدَ and مَجُدَ given in the commencement of this art.]