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بِدٌّ

Root: بد

Full Definition

بِدٌّ : see بُدٌّ.
2 Also, and بَدِيدٌ and بَدِيدَةٌ , A like; a fellow; an equal. You say, هُوَ بِدُّهُ and He, or it, is the like, &c., of him, or it. And هُمَ بِدَّانِ They two are likes, or fellows, or equals. And مَا أَنْتَ لِى فَتُكَلِّمَنِى Thou art not my like, or fellow, or equal, that thou shouldst speak to me.
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