امــد
1 أَمِدَ عَلَيْهِ,
aor. ـَ
inf. n. أَمَدٌ, He was angry with him: (
S,
M,
Msb, *
K:) like أَبِدَ (
S) and وَمَد and وَبِدَ and عَبِدَ. (
T in art. ابد.) 2 أمّد,
inf. n. تَأْمِيدٌ, He declared the time, considered with regard to its end; or the utmost, or extreme, extent, term, limit, point, or reach;
expl. by بَيَّنَ الأَمَدَ. (
K.) أَمَدٌ Time, considered with regard to its end: زَمَانٌ being time considered with regard to its end and its beginning: (
Er-Rághib:) [but sometimes it is interchangeable with زَمَانٌ, as will be seen in what follows:] or the utmost, or extreme, extent, term, limit, point, or reach. (
S,
M,
A,
Msb,
K.) You say, بَلَغَ أَمَدَهُ He, or it, reached, or attained, his, or its, utmost, or extreme, extent, term, &c. (
Msb.) And ضَرَبَ لَهُ أَمَدًا [He assigned, or appointed, for him, or it, a term, or limit]. (
A.) And هُوَ بَعِيدُ الآمَادِ [He is one whose limits are remote: آمَادٌ being the
pl.]. (
A.)
b2: The period of life which one has reached; as in the saying, مَا أَمَدُكَ What is thy period of life which thou hast reached? (
S.)
b3: Each of the two terms of the life of a man; i. e. the time of his birth, and the time of his death. (
Sh,
T.) El-Hasan [El-Basree], being asked by El-Hajjáj, مَا أَمَدُكَ, meaning What was the time of thy birth? answered by saying that it was two years before the expiration of 'Omar's reign as Khaleefeh. (
T,
L, from a
trad.)
b4: The startingplace, and the goal, of horses in a race. (
Sh,
T,
L.)
b5: (
tropical:) Any space of time: (
Er-Rághib:) a space of time of unknown limit. (
Kull pp. 9 and 10.)
b6: Sometimes, (assumed
tropical:) A particular time; as in the phrase أَمَدُ كَذَا The time of such a thing; like زَمَانُ أَمَدٌ. (
Kull p. 10.)
b7: [It is also used for ذو أَمَدٌ, and (applied to a
fem. n.) ذَات أَمَدٍ, Having a term, or limit; limited in duration; as in the saying,] الدُّنْيَا أَمَدٌ والآخِرةُ أَبَدٌ [The present state of existence is limited in duration, but the final state of existence is everlasting]. (Obeyd Ibn-'Omeyr,
L in art. ابد.) أُمْدَةٌ A remainder, or what remains, (
K,) of anything. (
TA) سِقَآءٍ مُؤَمَّدٌ A skin [exhausted;] in which there remains not a gulp, or as much as is swallowed at once, of water. (
K.) أَمَرَهُ An extreme term, limit, or point, reached, or attained. (
K.)
