جَدَا
Root: جدو
Form: 1
Full Definition
جَدَاI
, and جَدَاهُ, first pers. جَدَوْتُ, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun جَدْوٌ and جَدًا; and اجدى عَلَيْهِ, and
, the prep. in the former of these two being suppressed in the latter; and
; He gave him a gift.
2 [Hence,] جَدَا عَلَيْهِ شُؤْمَهُ
3 Hence also, اجدى عَلَيْكَ
def.2 جَدَوْتُهُ, [Present.T ـُ] Verbal.Noun جَدْوٌ; and جَدَيْتُهُ; (K in art. جدى;) and , and ; I sought, or demanded, or asked, of him a gift, or a thing wanted. [See an ex. of the last of these verbs in a verse cited in art. تا.] Hence, مُجَادَاةٌ [Verbal.Noun of ]: whence, in a trad., وَقَدْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَ مَرْوَانَ مَالٌ يُجَادُونَهُ عَلَيْهِ, meaning يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَلَيْهِ [i. e. And they knew that there was not, in the possession of Marwán, property for which they should ask as owed by him].
2 [Hence,] جَدَا عَلَيْهِ شُؤْمَهُ
3 Hence also, اجدى عَلَيْكَ
def.2 جَدَوْتُهُ, [Present.T ـُ] Verbal.Noun جَدْوٌ; and جَدَيْتُهُ; (K in art. جدى;) and , and ; I sought, or demanded, or asked, of him a gift, or a thing wanted. [See an ex. of the last of these verbs in a verse cited in art. تا.] Hence, مُجَادَاةٌ [Verbal.Noun of ]: whence, in a trad., وَقَدْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَ مَرْوَانَ مَالٌ يُجَادُونَهُ عَلَيْهِ, meaning يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَلَيْهِ [i. e. And they knew that there was not, in the possession of Marwán, property for which they should ask as owed by him].
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