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رَدٌّ ذ an inf. n. of رَدَّهُ. (S, M, Msb, K, &c.) ― -b2- [Hence,] ضَيْعَةٌ كَثِيرَةُ الرَّدِّ, and ↓ المَرَدِّ , [this being also an inf. n. of the same, (tropical:) An estate] yielding much revenue. (A.) [See also رَادَّةٌ.] ― -b3- [Hence also, app.,] فِى لِسَانِهِ رَدٌّ In his tongue, or speech, is a difficulty of utterance, or a hesitation, (S, K, * TA,) [probably meaning such as occasions the repetition of certain letters.] -A2- It is also an inf. n. used as an epithet, signifying, (L, Msb,) and so ↓ مَرْدُودٌ , (M, L, Msb,) and ↓ رَدِيدٌ , (M, L,) Made, or caused, to return, go back, come back, or revert; sent, turned, or put, back, or away; returned, rejected, repelled, or averted: (M, L, Msb: *) rejected as meaning not received or accepted: rejected as wrong or erroneous; [as] contrary to the precepts, or ordinances, of the Sunneh: (L:) رَدٌّ signifies anything returned after it has been taken. (M.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) A dirhem that will not pass; that is not current; (A, Mgh, L;) that is returned to him who offers it in payment: (M, L:) pl. رُدُودٌ. (M, A, L, K.) ― -b3- And hence, (Mgh,) (tropical:) A thing (S, A) that is bad, corrupt, disapproved, or abominable. (S, A, K.) ― -b4- Also, (TA passim,) and ↓ مَرْدُودٌ , (S in art. رجع, and A, *) and ↓ رَدِيدٌ , (A, * [where it is evidently mentioned in this sense, a sense in which it is still often used,] A reply; an answer; syn. مَرْجُوعٌ, and جَوَابٌ. (S in art. رجع.) You say, قَوْلِكَ ↓ هٰذَا مَرْدُودُ and ↓ رَدِيدُهُ [This is the reply, or answer, to thy saying]. (A: there immediately following the phrase رَدَّ إِِلَيْهَ جَوَابًا.) ― -b5- And A camel used for riding or carriage: so called because brought back from the pasture to the dwelling on the day of journeying. (T.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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