افداهُ
Root: فدى
Form: 4
Full Definition
افداهُIV
[in the CK الاسيرُ] He accepted from him the ransom of the captive. Hence the saying of the Prophet to Kureysh, when 'Othmán Ibn-'Abd-Allah and El- Hakam Ibn-Keysán had been made captives, لَا
نُفْدِيكُمُو هُمَا حتَّى يَقْدَمَ صَاحِبَانَا [We will not accept from you the ransom of them two until our two companions shall come], meaning [by the two companions] Saad Ibn-Abee-Wakkás and 'Otbeh Ibn-Ghazwán.
2 افدى فُلَانٌ Such a one danced, or dandled, his child: because of his [often] saying, فَدِى لَكَ أَبِى وَ أُمِى [May my father and my mother be ransoms for thee].
def.2 افدى also signifies He made for his dried dates a store-chamber.
2 And
3 And He sold dates.
2 افدى فُلَانٌ Such a one danced, or dandled, his child: because of his [often] saying, فَدِى لَكَ أَبِى وَ أُمِى [May my father and my mother be ransoms for thee].
def.2 افدى also signifies He made for his dried dates a store-chamber.
2 And
3 And He sold dates.
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