مِدَاد

midaAdN * Anything that is added in a thing, because of its utility: this is the original signification accord. to old lexicologists. (MF.) ― -b2- Ink; syn. niqosN (S, L, K) and HiborN ; (MF;) that with which one writes: (L, Msb:) so called because it aids the writer: (IAmb, L:) this is the common acceptation of the word. (MF.) ― -b3- midaAdN (or midaAdu Als~iraAji , A) Oil (or the like, K) that is put into a lamp. (A, L, K.) ― -b4- midaAdN (or midaAdN AlA^aroDi , A) Dung: (A, K:) or manure composed of dung and ashes, or of earth or dust and dung, or of strong earth; and simply earth or dust; and sand. (L.) ― -b5- midaAdN A row of trees; not of palm-trees. (IAar, in TA, voce A^usokuwbN , q. v.) ― -b6- A mode, manner, fashion, and form. (L, K.) Ex. banawoA buyuwtahumo EalaY midaAdK waAHidK They built their houses after one mode, &c. (L.) ― -b7- midaAdu qayosK A certain game (T, K) of the Arabs, (K,) or of children. (T.) ― -b8- yanobaEivu fiY AlHawoDi miyzaAbaAni midaAduhumaA A^anohaAru Aljan~api [ Two pipes, or spouts, whereof the sources ( lit. the source ) of the supply are the rivers of paradise, pour into the pond which is without its precincts]; i. e., the rivers of paradise flow into those pipes, or spouts, and increase their flow, or make it copious, or abundant. (L, K. *) ― -b9- midaAdN sing. of A^amid~apN , (L,) which signifies The large needles ( masaAl~u , M, L, TT; in the CK and a MS copy of the K, misaAk ; in the TA, masaAk ) [ which are inserted ] in the two sides of a piece of cloth when its manufacture is commenced. (M, L, TT, K.) ― -b10- Also, the pl., The threads which compose the warp of a web. (K.)