مهد

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Arabic

Root
م ه د (m h d)
3 terms

Verb

مَهَدَ (mahada) I (non-past يَمْهَدُ (yamhadu), verbal noun مَهْد (mahd))

  1. to spread, to expand

Conjugation

Verb

مَهَّدَ (mahhada) II (non-past يُمَهِّدُ (yumahhidu), verbal noun تَمْهِيد (tamhīd))

  1. to expand, to spread out
  2. to pave
  3. to pave the way, to adjust, to prepare
    • 2018 July 12, “الجيش السوري يدخل بلدة طفس ويرفع العلم السوري في مدينة درعا .. خريطة”, in Muraselon:
      وتعمل وحدات الهندسة في الجيش على تمشيط الأحياء السكنية في المنطقة ورفع مخلفات الإرهابيين من أسلحة وذخائر وعبوات ناسفة والكشف عن الأنفاق والتحصينات والأوكار التي اتخذها الارهابيون منطلقا لاعتداءاتهم ضد المدنيين ، تمهيدا لدخول ورشات الجهات المعنية في المحافظة لإعادة البنى التحتية والخدمات الاساسية إلى منطقة درعا البلد.
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Conjugation

Noun

مَهْد (mahdm (plural مُهُود (muhūd))

  1. cradle
مَهْد

Declension

Noun

مُهْد (muhdm

  1. sowbread (Cyclamen spp., especially Cyclamen persicum the leaves of which are filled and eaten as rolls, the roots are used for saponin)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:بخور مريم

Declension

References

  • مهد” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مهد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 215–216
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مهد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1229
  • אמוץ דפני וסאלח עקל ח'טיב”, in צמח השדה (in Hebrew), 2011 October 13
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 289
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 77
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 304–307

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَهْد (mahd).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mahd
Dari reading? mahd
Iranian reading? mahd
Tajik reading? mahd

Noun

مهد (mahd)

  1. (literal, figurative) cradle
    Synonym: گهواره (gahvâre)
    مهد تمدنmahd-e tamaddoncradle of civilization
  2. Short for مهد کودک (mahd-e kudak, kindergarten).