muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarمَسْدٌ
Core sense — he twisted a rope; he journeyed on continually; it made an animal leangenerated
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He twisted a rope; or he twisted it well.
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1.1.1he pursued the journey with energy, or kept on with it—مَسَدَ
Or: he journeyed on continually, whether by night or by day — because journeying like this makes an animal lean or lank.
. Same as أَدْأَبَ السَّيْرَ, by night.
1.1.2figurative · مجازit made an animal lean, lank, light of flesh, or slender in the belly—مَسَدَ
Said of leguminous herbage, or of continued travel.
El-ʿAbdee, describing a she-camel and likening her to a wild bull: The bare and waterless desert makes him lean, and so does dewy night.
shāhidيَمْسُدُهُ القَفْرُ وَلَيْلٌ سَدِى
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1.1.3figurative · مجازit was, or became, soft, small, even, and without any ugliness—مُسِدَ
Said of the belly..
1.1.4figurative · مجاز
Ru-beh's expression
shāhidيَمْسُدُ أَعْلَى لَحْمِهِ وَيَأْرِمُهُ
means: it (the milk of camels) strengthens the upper parts of his flesh and makes it firm. This refers to a pastor, not to an ass, as J says.
1.1.5figurative · مجازsaid of a damsel: slender, of compact and shapely make—حَسَنَةُ المَسْدِ
The same as مَمْسُودَةٌ.
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, aor. مَسُدَ , (S, M, L,) inf. n. مَسْدٌ , (S, M, L, K,) He twisted a rope: (M, L, K:) or he twisted it well. (ISk, S, L.) مَسَدَ , aor. مَسُدَ , (M, L,) inf. n. مَسْدٌ , (S, M, L, K,) He pursued a journey laboriously, or with energy; or he held on, or continued, the journey; syn. أَدْأَبَ السَّيْرَ , (S, M, L, K,) by night: (S, M, L:) or he journeyed on continually, whether by night or by day: (M, L:) because the so journeying renders an animal lean, or lank. (Lth, L.) مَسَدَ , aor. مَسُدَ , [inf. n. مَسْدٌ ,] It (leguminous herbage, A, or continued travel, Lth) rendered an animal lean, lank, light of flesh, slender, or lank in the belly. (Lth, A, L.) El-'Abdee says, describing a she-camel, and likening her to a wild bull, 1 The bare and waterless desert renders him lean, &c., and dewy night. (L.) يَمْسُدُهُ القَفْرُ وَلَيْلٌ سَدِى مُسِدَ , inf. n. مَسْدٌ , It (the belly) was, or became, soft, of small dimensions, even, and without any ugliness. (M, L.) The following expression of Ru-beh, 1 means It (the milk of camels) strengthens the upper parts of his flesh, (referring to a pastor, not to an ass, as J says, IB, L,) and renders it, firm. (L.) يَمْسُدُ أَعْلَى لَحْمِهِ وَيَأْرِمُهُ حَسَنَةُ المَسْدِ , applied to a damsel, i. q. مَمْسُودَةٌ , q. v. (S, L.)