مسد

Core meaning

A plant fibre twisted into rope: the raw material of a cord.

Uses

1. مَسَد → "twisted fiber" : the material of the rope.

   • «فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌۭ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ» — "a rope of twisted fiber around her throat" (111:5)

Evidence from the text

Sole occurrence, 111:5. مسد does not name the rope (حَبْل) but its material: "a rope of twisted fiber". It is placed at the throat (جِيد), where an ornament is worn, on "the one who ceaselessly carries the firewood": firewood and raw fiber stand in the place of adornment.

See also

جيد (the throat) · حبل (the rope)