آبِدٌ
Root: ابد
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آبِدٌ
Remaining, staying, abiding, or dwelling, constantly, continually, or permanently, in a place; applied to a man [and to a bird]. And أَوَابِدُ [pl. of آبِدَةٌ] Birds that remain in a country constantly, winter and summer; contr. of
قَوَاطِعُ.
2 For the phrases أَبَدٌ آبِدٌ and أَبَدَ الآبِدِينَ, see أَبَدٌ.
3 A wild animal; that shuns, and takes fright at, mankind, amp;c.: fem. with ة: pl. [properly fem.] أَوَابِدُ, and [masc. and fem.] أُبَّدٌ: and أَبُودٌ is syn. with آبِدٌ; as also مُتَأَبِّدٌ . Wild animals are called أَوَابِدُ and أُبَّدٌ because they endure for a long, or [naturally] unlimited, time; because they do not die a natural death, but from some evil accident; and the same is asserted of the serpent. [See also أَبِدٌ.] [Hence,] قَيْدُ الأَوَابِدِ
2 For the phrases أَبَدٌ آبِدٌ and أَبَدَ الآبِدِينَ, see أَبَدٌ.
3 A wild animal; that shuns, and takes fright at, mankind, amp;c.: fem. with ة: pl. [properly fem.] أَوَابِدُ, and [masc. and fem.] أُبَّدٌ: and أَبُودٌ is syn. with آبِدٌ; as also مُتَأَبِّدٌ . Wild animals are called أَوَابِدُ and أُبَّدٌ because they endure for a long, or [naturally] unlimited, time; because they do not die a natural death, but from some evil accident; and the same is asserted of the serpent. [See also أَبِدٌ.] [Hence,] قَيْدُ الأَوَابِدِ
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