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حَادَ

Root: حيد

Form: 1

Full Definition

حَادَI , Present.T يَحِيدُ, Verbal.Noun حُيُودٌ and حَيْدَةٌ and حَيْدٌ and حَيَدَانٌ and مَحِيدٌ and حَيْدُودَةٌ, which last is originally حَيَدُودَةٌ, with the ى movent; this letter being afterwards made quiescent; for there is not in the language any word of the measure فَعْلُولٌ, except صَعْفُوقٌ; (S; [see the remarks on شَيْخُوخَةٌ, voce شَاخَ;]) He declined, or turned aside or away, from it; removed, went away, or went far away, from it; namely, a road, or a thing: he shunned, or avoided, it, from fear, or from disdain. [See also 3.] You say, مَا لَكَ مَحِيدٌ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ There is not, for thee, any avoiding that. And حَادَتِ الدَّابَّةُ The beast became scared, or shied, and quitted the middle of the road.
2 حاد بِهِ, and , He removed, took away, or took far away, him, or it; [عَنْ شَىْءٍ from a thing;] similar to ذَهَبَ بِهِ and أَذْهَبَهُ.
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