جَدْوَى
Root: جدو
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جَدْوَى
A gift; as also
جَدًا : dual جَدْوَانِ and جَدْيَانِ; the former, regular; the latter, anomalous, formed by commutation. You say, مَا أَصَبْتُ
مِنْ فُلَانٍ جَدْوَى قَطُّ [I have not obtained from such a one a gift ever]. And hence the prov., شَغَلَتْ شِعَابِى جَدْوَاىَ: see art. شعب.
2 See also جَدًا.
2 See also جَدًا.
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