بَادٍ
Root: بدو
Full Definition
2 بَادِى بَدِى is sometimes used as a name for Calamity, or misfortune: it consists of two nouns made one, like مَعْدِىْ كَرِبَ.
3 بَادٍ also signifies A man going forth to the بَادِيَة [or desert]: or one who is in the بَادِيَة, dwelling in the tents, and not remaining in his place: pl. بَادُونَ and بُدًّا [in the TA erroneously said to be بُدًى like هُدًى] and بُدَّآءٌ: and بَدْوٌ is a quasi-pl. n. of بَادٍ; or is for أَهْلُ بَدْوٍ, meaning people who go forth to the desert; or it means dwellers in the desert, or people of the desert: بَادِيَةٌ also signifies the same as بَادُونَ, i. e. people migrating from the constant sources of water, and going forth to the desert, seeking the vicinity of herbage; contr. of حَاضِرَةٌ; and بَوَادِى [or بَوَادٍ] is pl. of بَادِيَةٌ.
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