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مَزَادَةٌ ذ [A leathern water-bag, one of a pair which is borne by a camel or other beast;;] the half (شَطْر) of a رَاوِيَة: pl. مَزَائِدُ; [regularly مَزَاوِدُ; or the medial radical is ى and therefore the reg. pl. is مَزَايِدُ;] and sometimes they said ↓ مَزَادٌ , [a coll. gen. n.,] without ة: [accord. to some,] it is of the measure مَفْعَلَةٌ, [originally مَزْوَدَةٌ,] from الزَّادُ, because one furnishes himself with water in it for travelling-provision: (Msb:) [and therefore it is mentioned in this art.:] but this is a mistake. (TA in art. زيد, q. v.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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