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حَيَادِ

Root: حيد

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حَيَادِ , like قَطَامِ, indecl., with kesr for its termination, [and of the fem. gender,] occurs in the phrase حِيدِى حَيَادِ, similar to فِيحِى فَيَاحِ, meaning Turn thou aside, or away, [from me:] said by one when the time for fighting is come, and by one fleeing.
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