مهد1 مَهَدَ, (S, L, K,) aor. ـَ (L, K,) inf. n. مَهْدٌ [q. v. infra]; (S, L;) and ↓ مهّد, (L, K,) inf. n.  تَمْهِيدٌ; (TA;) He made plain, even, or smooth, this is the original signification: he made a place plain, even, or smooth, [مَكَانًا being understood,] لِنَفْسِهِ for himself: (L:) he spread a bed, (S, L, K,) and made it plain, even, or smooth. (S, L.) b2:  مَهَدَ لَهُ (assumed tropical:)  He did well, or kindly, in his affair in his absence; like فَهَدَ and فَأَدَ. (L, art. فهد.) b3:  مَهَدَ, aor. ـَ (inf. n. مَهْدٌ, L,) He gained, or earned, or sought to gain sustenance, and worked, (L, K,) لِنَفْسِهِ for himself. (L.) b4:  مَهَدَ لِنَفْسِهِ خَيْرًا, and ↓ امتهدهُ, (tropical:)  He prepared for himself good, good things, or the like. (L.) b5:  لَهُ مَنْزِلَةً سَنِيَّةً ↓ مهّد (tropical:)  [He prepared, or established, for him a high station]. (A.) b6:  فُلَانٌ عِنْدِى يَدًا ↓ مَا امْتَهَدَ (tropical:)  [Such a one has not prepared for himself, with me, a benefit, for me to owe it him]: you say this when one has not conferred upon you a favour or kindness. (Az, L.) And فُلَانٌ عِنْدِى ↓ مَا امْتَهَدَ مَهْدَ ذَاكَ (tropical:)  [Such a one has not prepared for himself, with me, that thing, that I should owe it him]; is said on one's asking a kindness without having previously conferred a benefit; (Az, JK, L;) and with reference to one who acts in an evil manner, when asking a kindness, or when a kindness is asked for him. (Az, L.) 2 مهّد, inf. n. تَمْهِيدٌ, (tropical:)  He adjusted, or arranged, an affair, (S, A, L, Msb, K,) and made it plain, (A, Msb,) and easy. (Msb.) See 1. b2:  مهّد نَفْسَهُ لِفِعْلِ الأَمْرِ (assumed tropical:)  He disposed and subjected his mind, or himself, to do the thing. (S, * K, * Msb, art. وطن.) b3:  مهّد, inf. n. تَمْهِيدٌ, (tropical:)  He accepted, or admitted, an excuse. (S, L, Msb, K.) Yousay, مَهَّدْتُ لَهُ العُذْرَ (tropical:)  I accepted, or admitted, his excuse. (Msb.) 5 تمهّد and ↓ امتهد It (a bed) became spread, and made plain, even, or smooth. (A.) b2: تمهّد لَهُ الأَمْرُ (tropical:)  The affair became adjusted, or arranged, and made plain, and easy, for, or to, him. (Msb.) b3:  تمهّد فِرَاشًا [He spread for himself a bed, and made it plain, even, or smooth]. (A.) b4:  تَمَهَّدَتْ لَهُ عِنْدِى حَالٌ لَطِيفَةٌ (tropical:)  [A genteel situation was prepared for him with me, or at my abode]. (A.) b5:  تمهّد (assumed tropical:)  He (a man, TA) became  possessed of authority and power; syn. تَمَكَّنَ. (S, L, K.) b6:  تمهّدت نَفْسُهُ (assumed tropical:)  His mind, or he, became disposed and subjected [لِفِعْلِ الأَمْرِ to do the thing; see 2]; syn. تَوَطَّنَتْ. (K, art. وطن.) 8 امتهد It (a camel's hump) became spreading and high. (S, L, K.) See 1 in three places.10 استمهد فِرَاشًا [He asked, or desired, that a bed should be spread for him, and made plain, even, or smooth]. (A.) مَهْدٌ [A child's cradle, or bed;] a place prepared for a child, and made plain, even, or smooth, (S, * L, K,) that he may sleep in it: (L:) a bed; a thing spread to lie, recline, or sit, upon; (A, Msb;) as also ↓ مِهَادٌ; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) so called because of its plainness, evenness, or smoothness: (L:) Az says, that the latter word is more comprehensive than the former: (L:) it is applied to the ground, or earth; [meaning a plain, an even, or a smooth expanse; see a verse of Lebeed cited voce خَوَالِقُ:] (Az, L, K:) and so is مَهْدٌ: (K:) some say, that مَهْدٌ and ↓ مِهَادٌ are [originally] two  inf. ns., of the same meaning: or that the former is an inf. n., and the latter a simple subst.: or that the former is sing., and the latter pl.: (MF:) the pl. of the former [in common use] is مُهُودٌ, (L, Msb, K,) and مِهَادٌ; and of the latter, [pl. of pauc.,] أَمْهِدَةٌ (L, K) and [of mult.,] مُهُدٌ. (L, Msb, K.) b2:  ↓ أَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْأَرْضَ مِهَادًا [Kur, lxxviii.6,] Have we not made the earth an expanse (بِسَاط) adapted to be travelled over. (K, TA.) b3: ↓ لَبِئْسَ المِهَادُ [Kur. ii. 202,] (tropical:)  Evil is that which he hath prepared for himself in his final place. (K.) Such is said to be the meaning. (TA.) b4: سَهْدٌ مَهْدٌ Good; goodly: the latter word is an imitative sequent. (L.) مُهْدٌ Elevated ground or land: (IAar, L, K:) or depressed and smooth and even ground or land; (K;) as also ↓ مُهْدَةٌ: (En-Nadr, K:) pl. مِهَدَةٌ and أَمْهَادٌ: (K:) but the former of these pls. is doubtful. (TA.) مُهْدَةٌ: see مُهْدٌ.مِهَادٌ: see مَهْدٌ.مَهِيدٌ Pure butter: (L, K:) or the purest of butter when melted, and that which has the least milk. (L.) مُمَهَّدٌ (tropical:)  Lukewarm water; neither hot nor cold. (A, K.)