مد

madd, vulg. mad (inf. n. of مدّ 'to extend, stretch,' etc.), s.f. Extension, lengthening, production; prolonging, prolongation; protraction; delaying;—swelling (of a river); flux (of the sea); flood-tide; the mark (ٓ ) placed sometimes over alif (thus آ ), which gives it a long broad sound;—a similar mark drawn over a word to denote the commencement of a fresh paragraph or sentence, or over different entries (or heads of entries) in an account, or to indicate the insertion of a new item; (hence) entry; head; article; column;—a peculiar mode of writing certain words in accounts:—madd-ě-amānat, s.f. Head of deposits:—madd-ě-muqābil, adv. Per contra:—mad-meṅ ānā, To come under the head (of, kī):—madd-ě-naz̤ar, or madd-ě-nigāh, s.f. & m. Extension or stretch of sight, limit of vision; the horizon; object of sight, or regard, or affection; prospect; object;—kind looks, encouragement;—adv. Before the eyes, in view, in sight, in prospect:—madd-o-jazr, Flux and reflux (of the sea), tide:—is-mad-meṅ, Under this head:—madde, adv. On account (of).