رَّشَاد

ra$aAdN * an inf. n. of 1, (L, K,) or a simple subst., (Msb,) [signifying Right procedure; or the adoption, or pursuit, of a right way or course or direction; as to a road, and also as to an affair: and often meaning right belief, or orthodoxy: in both these senses] contr. of gaY~N , (S, A, Msb,) and of DalaAlN : (Msb:) and ↓ ra$adaY is a subst. syn. with ra$aAdN . (L, K. *) -A2- Hab~u Alr~a$aAdi i. q. AlHurofu , (K,) in the dial. of El-'Irák; (TA;) they gave it this name as one of good omen, because HurofN is syn. with HiromaAnN : (K:) [ ra$aAdN and HurofN are names given to several species of Gress; and Hab~u Alr~a$aAdi seems to mean the seed of r$Ad : accord. to Golius, on the authority of Ibn-Beytár, r$Ad is the name of the nasturtium: accord. to Delile, (Flor. AEgypt., nos. 576, 580, 571, 584, and 610,) it is the Arabic name of the lepidium sativum of Linn.; the lepidium hortense of Forsk.: and the cochlearia nilotica: ra$aAdu AlbaHori , i. e., nasturtium maritimum, that of the cakile maritima of Tournef.; Desf., a pinnatifida; the bunias cakile of Linn.; the isatis pinnata of Forsk.: Alr~a$aAdu AljabaliY~u , that of the lunaria parviflora: and ra$aAdu Alb~r~i , i. e., nasturtium deserti, that of the raphanus recurvatus of Persoon; the raphanus lyratus of Forsk.]