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مآءٌ Water.
b2: مَآءُ الظَّهْرِ [The seminal fluid]. (
K,
voce اِنْبَتَّ.) See
Kur, lxxxvi. 6, 7, and see 4 in art. روق.
b3: مَآءٌ Lustre [likened to water, and running water,] of the teeth, (IbrD,) &c: see ظَلْمٌ and دَرْزٌ and غَرْبٌ.
b4: مَآءٌ The water of a sword: see فِرِنْدٌ and رَوْنَقٌ: also its lustre.
b5: سَيْفٌ كَثِيرُ المَآءِ [A sword much diversified with wavy marks or streaks in its grain; as are the swords of Damascus &c.] (
TA voce إِبْرِيقٌ.)
b6: بَنَاتُ المَآءِ i. q.
الغَرَانِيقُ. [storks or cranes]. (
L, art. وضر.) See عِرْسٌ.
b7: اِبْنُ المَآءِ is (
tropical:) A kind of bird;
pl. بَنَاتُ المَآءِ; (
Mgh in art. بنى:) the aquatic bird; the bird of the water. (
Msb in art. بنو.)
b8: مَآءُ الشَّبَابِ: see شَبَابٌ.
b9: مَآءُ الوَجْهِ: see حَقَنَ and تَشَهَّلَ.
b10: مَآءُ الذَّهَبِ Gold-wash for gilding: and مَآءُ الفِضَّةِ Silverwash for silvering: you say, طَلَاهُ بِمَآءِ الذَّهَبِ, and الفِضَّةِ He washed it over with gold, and silver.
b11: مَآءٌ is used as a
coll. gen. n., of which the
n. un. is مَاءَةٌ; and therefore is sometimes made, as a
pl., to have a
pl. epithet:
ex. مَاءٌ عِذَابٌ. (See عَذْبٌ). مَآءَةٌ signifies A water; or some water.