عَدَآءٌ
Root: عدو
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عَدَآءٌ
an Verbal.Noun of عَدَا in the phrase عَدَا عَلَيْهِ [q. v.].
2 And, as also عِدَآءٌ , A single طَلَق [or heat; i. e., a single run, at once, to a goal, or limit]; of a horse.
def.2 And عَدَآءُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ, as also , [the latter written in the CK عِداؤُهُ, but] the former is with the lengthened ا and the latter with the shortened ا, and and and , signify طَوَارُهُ, i. e. [The equal, of anything, in breadth and length; or] what is coextensive with anything in its breadth and its length. One says, لَزِمْتُ عَدَآءَ الطَّرِيقِ, or النَّهْرِ, or الجَبَلِ, meaning طَوَارَهُ [i. e. I kept to the tract coextensive in its breadth and its length with the road, or the river, or the mountain].
def.3 See also عُدَوَآءُ, first and third sentences.
def.4 And see عِدًى, and عِدْوَةٌ.
2 And, as also عِدَآءٌ , A single طَلَق [or heat; i. e., a single run, at once, to a goal, or limit]; of a horse.
def.2 And عَدَآءُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ, as also , [the latter written in the CK عِداؤُهُ, but] the former is with the lengthened ا and the latter with the shortened ا, and and and , signify طَوَارُهُ, i. e. [The equal, of anything, in breadth and length; or] what is coextensive with anything in its breadth and its length. One says, لَزِمْتُ عَدَآءَ الطَّرِيقِ, or النَّهْرِ, or الجَبَلِ, meaning طَوَارَهُ [i. e. I kept to the tract coextensive in its breadth and its length with the road, or the river, or the mountain].
def.3 See also عُدَوَآءُ, first and third sentences.
def.4 And see عِدًى, and عِدْوَةٌ.
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