مَاوِدُ

Calamities: (IAar, M, L, K:) as also مَوَايءِدُ, which is apparently formed by transposition. (M, L.) Some say that ماود is plural of مُوءْيِدٌ, and derive this word [which see in article ايد] from ادَهُ, aorist يَوءُودٌ, meaning “ it oppressed him by its weight: ” (T, L:) or it has no singular (IAar, M.)