جَدْىٌ
Root: جدى
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جَدْىٌ
A kid: or a male kid; the female being called عَنَاقٌ: or a kid in his first year; not yet a year old: one should not say جِدْىٌ; this being a bad dial. var.: pl. أَجْدٍ and جِدَآءٌ and جِدْيَانٌ: جَدَايَا [as pl. of جَدْى] is not allowable.
2 Hence, as being likened thereto, الجَدْىُ
3 Hence also, A certain sign of the Zodiac; [namely, Capricornus;] the tenth of the signs of the Zodiac; that next to the دَلْو; unknown to the Arabs [of the classical times]. This and the former together are called [the] جَدْيَانِ.
def.2 جَدْيَانِ is also an anomalous dual of جَدْوَى, q. v.
def.3 See also what next follows.
2 Hence, as being likened thereto, الجَدْىُ
3 Hence also, A certain sign of the Zodiac; [namely, Capricornus;] the tenth of the signs of the Zodiac; that next to the دَلْو; unknown to the Arabs [of the classical times]. This and the former together are called [the] جَدْيَانِ.
def.2 جَدْيَانِ is also an anomalous dual of جَدْوَى, q. v.
def.3 See also what next follows.
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