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1 رَغِدَ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. رَغَدَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. رَغَدٌ (Msb) [and رَغْدٌ, as seems to be indicated in the K by its being said that the verb is like سَمِعَ]; and رَغُدَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. رَغُدَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. رَغَادَةٌ; (Msb;) It (one's life) was, or became, ample in its means or circumstances, unstraitened, or plentiful, (S, Msb, K,) and easy, (Msb,) and pleasant. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] فُلَانٌ دَائِبٌ فِى أَمْرِهِ لَا يَرْغُدُ [Such a one is striving, labouring, or toiling, in his affair:] he will not flag, or be remiss. (JK.) -A2- [In the JK, رَغَدْنَا, aor. نَرْغَدُ, is mentioned immediately after an explanation of رَغِيدَةٌ, app. to indicate that it signifies We prepared, or we ate, رغيدة.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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