عَدَنَ
Root: عدن
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 And عَدَنَتِ الإِبِلُ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا, aors. as above, and so the inf. ns., The camels kept to such a place, not quitting it: or remained, or stayed, in such a place, in the pasturage, or pasturing upon the [plants, or trees, called] حَمْض: or عَدَنْتِ الإِبِلُ فِى الحَمْضِ the camels found the حمض to be wholesome (اِسْتَمْرَتْهُ [for اِسْتَمْرَأَتْهُ]), and increased, or fattened, thereon, and kept thereto: accord. to AZ, the verb is used of camels only in relation to the حمض: or, as some say, it is in relation to anything: and the epithet عَادِنٌ , without ة, is applied to a she-camel of which this verb is used; and its pl. is عَوَادِنُ.
def.2 عَدَنَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَدْنٌ, He dunged, or manured, the land; as also .
2 And عَدَنَ الشَّجَرَةَ, Verbal.Noun عَدْنٌ, He marred the tree with an axe or the like.
3 عَدَنَ الحَجَرَ, Verbal.Noun عَدْنٌ, He pulled out the stone with the فَأْس [meaning hoe].
def.3 See also Q. Q. 1.
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