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Multiple Lane's Lexicon entries share the spelling جدآء, distinguished by diacritics. Select the entry that matches the word you're looking for.

• جَدَآءٌ

  جَدَآءٌ profit, utility, or avail. So in the saying, فُلَانٌ قَلِيلُ الجَدَآءِ عَنْكَ [Such a one is of little profit, utility, or avail, to thee; will stand thee in little stead].…

• جُدَآءٌ

  جُدَآءٌ , or جُذَآءٌ, (A in art. جذر, and K in art. برج,) [the latter is the term commonly known, An arithmetical square;] the product of multiplication [of a number by itself]; as when you say, the جداء [or جذاء] of t…