ابدّ
Root: بد
Form: 4
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ابدّIV
, and ابدّ بَيْنَهُمْ العَطَآءَ, and أَبَدَّهُمْ العَطَآءَ, He divided among them the gift, giving to each of them his lot, or share, or portion, singly, not giving a portion to be shared by two: said with respect to food and property and any other thing. You say, أَبْدَدْتُهُمْ المَالَ وَ الطَّعَامَ
I divided among them, in shares, the property and the food. [Hence,] أَبِدِّيهِمْ تَمْرَةً تَمْرَةً [Give thou to each of them a date; or] distribute thou among them to each a date: said by Umm-Selemeh, to a slave-girl, when beggars had become numerous. إِبْدَادٌ in relation to a gift signifies The giving [persons] one by one; and قِرَانٌ, the “ giving two by two. ” [See also 3.]
2 يُبِدُّهُمْ is used by a poet, referring to a saying, and is explained by IAar as meaning It shall be distributed among them (يُفَّرقُ فِيهِمْ); opposed to يَجْمَعُ [i. e. يَجْمَعُهُمْ; which shows that the former means it shall be addressed to them one by one, or separately]. (M, TA. [The author of the former adds, “ I know not, in discourse, أَبْدَدْتُهُ as meaning فَرَّقْتُهُ: ” but this is not what I Aar means.])
3 أَبِدَّهُمَا نَعْجَتَيْنَ Allot thou to them two ewes, to each lamb a ewe, to suckle it: said when one ewe is not sufficient for both the lambs.
4 ابدّ ضَبْعَيْهِ He extended his upper arms, separating them from his sides, in prostrating himself in prayer.
5 ابدّ يَدَهُ إِلَي الأَرْضِ He extended his arm, or hand, to the ground, or earth, as one does when he takes up something from it.
6 ابدّ نَظَرَهُ He prolonged his look. And ابدّهُ بَصَرَهُ He prolonged his look at him, or it; as one does when he sees a thing that he dislikes.
2 يُبِدُّهُمْ is used by a poet, referring to a saying, and is explained by IAar as meaning It shall be distributed among them (يُفَّرقُ فِيهِمْ); opposed to يَجْمَعُ [i. e. يَجْمَعُهُمْ; which shows that the former means it shall be addressed to them one by one, or separately]. (M, TA. [The author of the former adds, “ I know not, in discourse, أَبْدَدْتُهُ as meaning فَرَّقْتُهُ: ” but this is not what I Aar means.])
3 أَبِدَّهُمَا نَعْجَتَيْنَ Allot thou to them two ewes, to each lamb a ewe, to suckle it: said when one ewe is not sufficient for both the lambs.
4 ابدّ ضَبْعَيْهِ He extended his upper arms, separating them from his sides, in prostrating himself in prayer.
5 ابدّ يَدَهُ إِلَي الأَرْضِ He extended his arm, or hand, to the ground, or earth, as one does when he takes up something from it.
6 ابدّ نَظَرَهُ He prolonged his look. And ابدّهُ بَصَرَهُ He prolonged his look at him, or it; as one does when he sees a thing that he dislikes.
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