رَصَد

raSadN * : see raASidN , in three places. -A2- Also A road, or way; (Msb;) and so ↓ maroSadN , (TA,) both signify the same, (M,) and ↓ mroSaAdN (S, K, TA) and ↓ murotaSadN : (TA:) and ↓ miroSaAdN , (IAmb, K,) or ↓ maroSadN , (S,) or both, (M, A,) and ↓ murotaSadN and raSadN , (A,) a place where one lies in wait, or watches, (IAmb, S, M, A, K,) for an enemy: (IAmb, K:) the pl. of raSadN is A^aroSaAdN ; (Msb;) and the pl. of ↓ maroSadN is maraASidu , (TA,) which signifies also lurking places of serpents. (M, L.) You say, ↓ qaEada lahu biAlmaroSadi and ↓ biAlmiroSaAdi and ↓ biAlmurotaSadi (A, Msb) and biAlr~aSadi (A) He lay in wait for him in the way. (A, * Msb.) And A^anaA laka biAlr~aSadi and ↓ biAlmiroSaAdi (tropical:) [ I am in the place of lying in wait for thee ], meaning thou canst not escape me. (A.) And 'Adee says, ↓ waA_in~a AlmanaAyaA lil~rijaAli bimroSadi (tropical:) [ And verily deaths are in a place of lying in wait for men, so that they cannot escape them]. (TA.) ↓ waA@qoEuduwA lahumo kul~a maroSadK , in the Kur [ix. 5], means And lie ye in wait for them in every road, or way; (AM, TA;) accord. to Fr, in their way to the Sacred House. (TA.) And ↓ A_in~a rab~aka labiA@lomiroSaAdi , in the Kur [lxxxix. 13], means Verily thy Lord is in the way; i. e., in the way by which thou goest; (TA;) so that none of thine actions escapeth Him: (Msb:) or it means that He watcheth, or lieth in wait, to punish him who disbelieveth in Him and turneth away from Him: (Zj, TA:) or that He watcheth every man to recompense him for his deeds: (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA:) or, accord. to El-Aamash, AlmrSAd is here a name applied to three bridges behind the SiraAT ; on one of which is security; on another, mercy; and on the third, the Lord. (L, TA.) -A3- Also A small quantity of rain: (S, K:) one says, bihaA raSadN mino HayFA [ In it, namely, the land ( AlA^aroD ), is a small quantity of rain ]: (S:) and so ↓ raSodN : (TA:) or both signify rain that comes after other rain: or rain that falls first, before other rain coming: or the first of rain: or, accord. to IAar, the former word signifies rain such as is termed EihaAd , after which other rain is looked for; and if other rain follow it, herbage is produced: one shower thereof is termed ↓ raSadapN and ↓ raSodapN ; the latter mentioned by Th: (M:) or ↓ raSodapN signifies a shower, or what falls at once, of rain [app. in any case]: (S, K:) the pl. of raSadN is A^aroSaAdN (S, M, K) and riSaAdN , (M,) the latter mentioned on the authority of A'Obeyd: (TA:) [or] the latter is pl. of ↓ raSodapN . (S.) ― -b2- Also A small quantity of herbage, (S, M, K,) in land upon which one hopes for the fall of the rain of the season called Alr~abiyE . (M.)