رَدَسَ القَوْمَ

, (S, K,) aorist رَدُسَ , verbal noun رَدْسٌ, (S,) He threw a stone at the people, or party; or threw at them and hit them with a stone: (S, K:) or with a great stone: (Ham p. 214:) or رَدَسَ, aorist رَدِسَ , verbal noun as above, he threw at, or shot at; or he threw at and hit, or he shot; (رَمَى;) with anything. (M.) [See also 3.]

رَدْسٌ also signifies The act of striking, or smiting. (Sh, M.)

And رَدَسَهُ, (M, K,) aorist رَدِسَ and رَدُسَ , verbal noun as above; (M;) or رَدَسَهُ بِمِرْدَاسٍ; (A;) He beat it so as to break it, or crush it; (M, A, K;) namely, a thing, (M,) or a wall, and the ground, (K,) and a lump of dry clay; (TA;) with a hard thing, (M,) or with a big stone, (A,) or with a bard and broad thing. (K.) And رَدَسَهُ, aorist رَدِسَ and رَدُسَ , (IDrd, K,) verbal noun as above, (IDrd, TA,) He broke it; namely, a stone with a stone. (IDrd, K.)

رَدَسَ بِرَأْسِهِ He pushed, or thrust, or repelled, (دَفَعَ, [not رَفَعَ, as Freytag seems to have found it written, as on the authority of Meyd,]) with his head. (TA.)

And رَدَسَهُ, verbal noun as above, He broke, or trained, him; like دَرَسَهُ, verbal noun دَرْسٌ. (M.)

-A2- رَدَسَ He went away: you say, مَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ رَدَسَ I know not whither he went away, or has gone away. (S, TA.) And رَدَسَ بِالشَّىْءِ He went away with, or took away, the thing. (K.)