(ف) مَهَدَ يَمْهَدُ مَهْدًاmahada yamhadu mahdan: to spread out, to make smooth and comfortable. ﴿فَلِاَنْفُسِهِمْ يَمْهَدُوْنَ﴾ (Ar-Rūm 30:44)
مَهْدٌmahd (verbal noun, maṣdar; also a noun, ism dhāt): a bed; a child's cradle. ﴿اَلَّذِيْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْدًا﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:53); ﴿كَيْفَ نُكَلِّمُ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَهْدِ صَبِيًّا﴾ (Maryam 19:29)
مِهَادٌmihād (on the pattern of فِعَالٌfiʿāl, in the sense of a passive participle, ism mafʿūl): a spread-out bed, a resting-place; also (طنزاًṭnzan) the bed of Hell. ﴿اَلَمْ نَجْعَلِ الْاَرْضَ مِهٰدًا﴾ (An-Nabaʾ 78:6); ﴿وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:206)
Form II (tafʿīl) مَهَّدَ يُمَهِّدُ تَمْهِيْدًاmahhada yumahhidu tamhīdan: to smooth thoroughly, to provide every kind of ease. ﴿وَّمَهَّدْتُّ لَهُۥ تَمْهِيْدًا﴾ (Al-Muddaththir 74:14)