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رَصَدَهُ , (As, S, A, Msb, K,) aor.
رَصُدَ , (As, S,
Msb,) inf. n. رَصْدٌ (S, Msb, K) and رَصَدٌ; (S, K;)
and ↓ ارتصدهُ, (A,) and ↓ ترصّدهُ, (S, * K,) or
ترصّد ↓ لَهُ, (A,) He sat [or lay in wait] for him
in the road, or way: [see رَصَدٌ:] (A, Msb:) or
he watched, or waited, for him; (As, S, K;) and
so ↓ راصدهُ, (A,) and ارصد ↓ لَهُ: (L:) [or] you
say, رَصَدَهُ بَِالخَيْرِ وَغَيْرِهِ, aor.
رَصُدَ , inf. n. رَصْدٌ, he
watched, or waited, for him [with that which was
good and otherwise]; and in like manner, رَصَدَهُ
بِالمُكَافَأَةِ [he watched, or waited, for him with requital]; (M;) and also رَصَدَ لَهُ, and ↓ ارصدهُ:
(Hudot;am p. 89:) or, accord. to some, you say,
ارصد ↓ لَهُ بِالخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ; only with ا; not otherwise: [see this verb below:] and accord. to some,
one says, رَصَدَهُ, meaning he watched, or waited,
for him; and ارصد ↓ لَهُ الأَمْرَ, meaning he prepared for him the thing, or affair, or event; and
↓ اِرْتِصَادٌ is syn. with رَصْدٌ. (M.) One says of a
serpent (حَيَّة), تَرْصُدُ المَارَّةَ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ لِتَلْسَعَ [It
watches, or lies in wait, for the passers-by on the road,
or way, that it may bite]: (L:) and of a beast of
prey, (S, A, K,) or of a wolf, (M,) يَرْصُدُ لِيَثِبَ, (S,
M, A,) or يَرْصُدُ الوُثُوبَ, (K,) i. e. He watches, or
waits, to leap, or spring: (TA:) and of a she-camel,
تَرْصُدُ شُرْبَ الإبِلِ ثُمَّ تَشْرَبُ [She watches, or waits,
for the drinking of the other camels, and then she
drinks]; (S, A;) or تَرْصُدُ شُرْبَ غَيْرِهَا لِتَشْرَبَ هِىَ
[she watches, or waits, for the drinking of others,
that she may drink]. (K.) ―
2-b2- رُصِدَتِ الأَرْضُ The
land was rained upon by a rain such as is
termed رَصْدَةٌ, (S,) or by rain such as is termed
رَصَدٌ. (TA.)