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بادّ

Root: بد

Form: 3

Full Definition

بادّIII , Verbal.Noun مُبَادَّةٌ and بِدَادٌ, with which the subst. is syn., as also بِدَادَةٌ , The people, or company of men, contributed what was necessary to be expended , each man giving something, and then collected the sum, and expended it among themselves. In a copy of the K, for يُنْفِقُونَهُ, is erroneously put يُبْقُونَهُ. (TA. [In the CK, يَبْقُونَهُ.]) Accord. to IAar, بِدَادٌ signifies The contributing equally for the purchasing of corn, or food, to eat: and also a people's having money, or property, divided into lots, or portions, and distributed in shares among them: [and] accord. to the same, the dividing property among a people in shares.
2 Also, بادّهُ, or بادّهُ فى البَيْعِ, Verbal.Noun مُبَادَّةٌ, or مُبَادَدَة, and بِدَادٌ; and so بَايَعَهُ , or مُبَادَّةً; He bartered, or exchanged commodities, with him; syn. عَارَضَهُ بِالبَيْعِ, and بَاعَهُ مُعَارَضَهً: from the saying, ٰهٰذَا بِذُّهُ, and بِدُّهُ, “ this is the like of it: ” from IAar.
3 [See also بُدٌّ.]
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