مُسْنَدٌ

[pass. particle n. of 4, Made to lean, rest, &c., against, or upon, a thing: and stayed, propped, or supported; or set up.

Hence used in the sense of مِسْنَدٌ, as being a thing set up]: see سَنَدٌ.

Also (tropical:) A tradition (حَدِيثٌ) traced up, or ascribed, or attributed, to the author thereof, (T, L, K, TA,) [rested on his authority by the mention of him, (see 4,) or] by the mention, uninterruptedly, in ascending order, of the persons by whom it has been transmitted, up to the Prophet; (T, L, KT;) [or by the mention of him who has related it from the Prophet when only one has intervened;] opposed to مُرْسَلٌ and مُنْقِطِعٌ; (T, L;) or it may be منقطع, i. e. interrupted in the mention of the persons by whom it has been transmitted: (KT:) plural مَسَانِدُ, (K,) agreeably with analogy, (TA,) and مَسَانِيدُ, (Esh-Sháfi'ee, K,) which latter has ى added to render the sound of the kesreh more full; or, according to some, it is a dialect var.; and according to some, agreeable with analogy. (TA.)

And i. q. دَعِىٌّ [as meaning (assumed tropical:) One who claims as his father a person who is not his father; or an adopted son; or one whose origin, or lineage, or parentage, is suspected]; (S, M, L, K;) as also ↓ سَنِيدٌ; (M, L, K; [see an example in a verse cited voce أَسَرُّ;]) opposed to كَرِيمٌ. (L.)

المُسْنَدُ, according to Sb, signifies (assumed tropical:) The first portion [i. e. the subject] of a proposition; and المُسْنَدُ إِلَيْهِ, (assumed tropical:) the second portion [i. e. the attribute, or predicate,] thereof: (M, L:) of, according to Kh, a proposition consists of a ↓ سَنَد and a مُسْنَد إِلَيْه; and in the phrase عَبْدُ اللّٰهِ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ, [for example,] عبد اللّٰه is a سند, and رجل صالح is a مسند اليه: (O, L:) [but according to other authors, and general modern usage, and agreeably with the proper meanings of the terms, المُسْنَدُ (meaning the attributed) signifies the attribute, or predicate; and المُسْنَدُ إِلَيْهِ, (meaning that to which a thing or an accident is attributed) signifies the subject.]

Also The Himyeree, or Himyeritic, character of writing; the character of Himyer; (S, M, A, O, K;) differing from the modern Arabic character: (S, O:) they used to write it commonly in the days of their rule; and AHát says that it continued in use among them in El-Yemen in his day [i. e. in the latter half of the second century of the Flight and the former half of the third century]: (M, TA:) Abu-l-'Abbás says, المُسْنَدُ was the language of the sons of Seth; (O, TA;) [i. e. the language written in the character so called;] and the like is said in the “ Sirr es-Siná'ah ” of IJ. (TA.) [See also De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., sec. ed., vol. ii., p. 122 of the Ar. text, and 311 of the transl.]

And i. q. الدَّهْرُ [i. e. Time, from the beginning of the world to its end; or time absolutely; or a long time; or a long unlimited time; or time without end; &c.]. (S, M, A, K.) So in the saying, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ اخِرَ المُسْنَدِ [I will not do it to the end of time]. (A, TA.) One says also, لَا اتِيهِ يَدَ المُسْنَدِ, meaning [I will not do it, or I will not come to him or it,] ever. (IAar, TA.)