ماءٌ
1.
Water.
2.
مَاءُ الظَّهْرِ [The seminal fluid]. (K, voce اِنْبَتَّ.) See Qur'an, 86:6, 7, and see 4 in article روق.
3.
مَاءٌ
Lustre [likened to water, and running water,] of the teeth, (IbrD,) &c: see ظَلْمٌ and دَرْزٌ and غَرْبٌ.
4.
مَاءٌ The water of a sword: see فِرِنْدٌ and رَوْنَقٌ: also its lustre.
5.
سَيْفٌ كَثِيرُ المَاءِ [A sword much diversified with wavy marks or streaks in its grain; as are the swords of Damascus &c.] (TA voce إِبْرِيقٌ.)
6.
بَنَاتُ المَاءِ
i. q.
الغَرَانِيقُ. [storks or cranes]. (L, article وضر.) See عِرْسٌ.
7.
اِبْنُ المَاءِ is (tropical:) A kind of bird; plural بَنَاتُ المَاءِ; (Mgh in article بنى:) the aquatic bird; the bird of the water. (Msb in article بنو.)
8.
مَاءُ الشَّبَابِ: see شَبَابٌ.
9.
مَاءُ الوَجْهِ: see حَقَنَ and تَشَهَّلَ.
10.
مَاءُ الذَّهَبِ
Gold-wash for gilding: and مَاءُ الفِضَّةِ
Silverwash for silvering: you say, طَلَاهُ بِمَاءِ الذَّهَبِ, and الفِضَّةِ
He washed it over with gold, and silver.
11.
مَاءٌ is used as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is مَاءَةٌ; and therefore is sometimes made, as a plural, to have a plural epithet: example مَاءٌ
عِذَابٌ. (See عَذْبٌ). مَاءَةٌ signifies A water; or some water.