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لَدّ

Root: لد

Form: 1

Full Definition

لَدّI , originally لَدِدَ, (second pers. لَدِدْتَ, L,) Present.T لَدَدَ Verbal.Noun لَدَدٌ He was violent, or vehement, in contention, or altercation; in dispute; in litigation.
2 لَدَّهُ, Present.T لَدَدَ Verbal.Noun لَدٌّ, He overcame him in contention, or altercation; in dispute; in litigation: or he opposed him violently, or vehemently, in contention, or altercation; in dispute; in litigation. لَدِدْتَ, (in some copies of the K, لَدَدْتَ,) Verbal.Noun لَددٌ, (IKtt, L: in the K, لَدٌّ:) Thou becamest such as is called أَلَدّ [violent, or vehement, in contention, &c.].
3 لَدَّهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ, (Verbal.Noun لَدٌّ, L,) He restrained, withheld, debarred, hindered, or prevented, him from doing the thing: he made him to return or revert, or turned him back or away, with gentleness, from the thing, or affair; like رَدَّهُ: (T and L, art. رد:) of the dial. of Hudheyl.

def.2 لَدَّهُ, or لَدَّهُ بِاللَّدُودِ, Present.T لَدُدَ Verbal.Noun لَدٌّ and لُدُودٌ; and الدّهُ ; and لَدَّهُ اللَّدُودَ; He administered to him the medicine, or draught, termed لَدُود. The action termed اللَّدُّ is the taking a child's tongue, and drawing it to one side, and pouring medicine in the other side, between the tongue and the side of the mouth.
2 لُدَّ He had a medicine, or draught, of the kind termed لَدُود administered to him. See also 8.
3 لَدَدْتُهُمُ النَّصِيحَةَ I administered to them sincere, or faithful, advice, or counsel, like as one administers the medicine, or draught, termed لَدُود.
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