دَأْدَآءٌ
and
دِئْدَآءٌ and
دُؤْدُوْءٌ, all with medd, The lastof the [lunar] month; as also
: or the day of doubt;يَوْمُ الشَّكِّ [generally meaning the day of which one doubts whether it be the last of Shaabán or the first of Ramadán; but here app. relating to any month]: or
دَأْدَأٌ signifies the day, or night,of which one doubts whether it be the last of one month or the first of the next month: so says Kr: or the first word and the second and the third signify the twenty-fifth, and the twenty-sixth, and the twentyseventh, night: or the twenty-eighth night, and the twenty-ninth: or each of these two is called
; and the two together, الدَّآدِئُ: or [each of] three nights of the end of the month; which are [also] called لَيَالِى المُحَاقِ: pl. دَآدِئُ, and, by poetic license, دَآدٍ: or the دَآدِئ are three nights of the latter part of the month, before those calledليالى المحاق: thus says A 'Obeyd; and IAar says the like: or they are the three nights that are after theمحاق; and are so called because the moon hastens therein to become invisible; from the phrase دَأْدَأَةُ البَعِيرِ: As says that three of the nights of the month are called the محاق; and three, the دآدئ; and these latter are the last; and AHeyth says the like.
signifies also The last part of the night. And
لَيْلَةٌ دَأْدَأٌ and
دَأْدَأَةٌ and دَأْدَآءٌ and
, of which the first two are the most common, mean A dark night: or a very dark night: because of the concealment of the moon therein.
def.2 See also R. Q. 1.
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