حَدَا

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حَدَاI , or حَدَ بِالإِبِلِ, or both, and حُدَآءٌ and حِدَآءٌ, He drove the camels; and chid them: [and app. has the former signification:] and he sang to them: or he urged, or excited, the camels by singing to them, which is termed حُدَآءٌ : or حَدَا لَهَا signifies he sang to them. The Arabs in driving their camels used commonly to sing verses of the kind termed رَجَز. (TA in art. رجز.) [It is said that] حُدَآءٌ originated from the fact of a DesertArab's beating his young man, or boy, and biting his fingers; whereupon he went along saying دَىْ دَىْ, meaning يَا يَدَىَّ [“ O my two hands! ”]; and the camels went on at his cry; therefore his master bade him keep to it: (K in art. دى:) so says IAar. accounts of its origin are mentioned by MF in remarking on this passage of the K.]) حَدَا signifies also He raised his voice with [the singing termed] الحُدَآء. [And He breathed short , and sent forth a voice or sound. ]
2 You say also of the north wind, تَحْدُو السَّحَابَ, i. e. It drives along the clouds.
3 And حَدَاهُ عَلَى كَذَا He urged him, incited him, or put him in motion or action, to do such a thing.
4 And حَدَاهُ It followed it; namely, the night the day; as also : and so the [wild] he-ass his she-asses; and anything any other thing. Hence the saying, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ مَا حَدَا اللَّيْلُ النَّهَارَ I will not do it as long as the night follows the day].
5 See also 5.

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