بَدْأَةٌ
Root: بدأ
Full Definition
بَدْأَةٌ
: see بَدْءٌ, in thirteen places.
2 Also The beginning, or outward course, of a military expedition; opposed to رَجْعَةٌ, meaning the returning, or homeward course, thereof: occurring in a trad., in which it is said that the Prophet gave, in the case of the former, a fourth [of the spoil], and in the case of the latter, a third; i.e., when a troop went forth from the main body of the army and attacked a party of the enemy, they were to have a fourth of the spoil that they took, and the rest of the army was to share with them the remaining three fourths; and if a troop did so in returning, they were to have a third of all the spoil that they took, because of the greater difficulty and danger attending this case.
3 كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى بَدْأَتِنَا, and , and , and , and , and , and , but [ISd says,] I know not how that is, and , and , and , or مَبْدَاتِنَا, thus in the بَاهِر of Ibn-'Odeys [in the CK Ibn-'Adebbes], which is said to indicate that we should hesitate respecting them [before admitting them to be of classical authority], are phrases meaning That was in the first of our state, and in our adolescence.
def.2 Also, (so in a copy of the M, there written بَدْأَة,) or بُدْأَةٌ , with damm, A certain plant; a black thing, resembling a truffle (كَمْء), of which no use is made: so says AHn.
2 Also The beginning, or outward course, of a military expedition; opposed to رَجْعَةٌ, meaning the returning, or homeward course, thereof: occurring in a trad., in which it is said that the Prophet gave, in the case of the former, a fourth [of the spoil], and in the case of the latter, a third; i.e., when a troop went forth from the main body of the army and attacked a party of the enemy, they were to have a fourth of the spoil that they took, and the rest of the army was to share with them the remaining three fourths; and if a troop did so in returning, they were to have a third of all the spoil that they took, because of the greater difficulty and danger attending this case.
3 كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى بَدْأَتِنَا, and , and , and , and , and , and , but [ISd says,] I know not how that is, and , and , and , or مَبْدَاتِنَا, thus in the بَاهِر of Ibn-'Odeys [in the CK Ibn-'Adebbes], which is said to indicate that we should hesitate respecting them [before admitting them to be of classical authority], are phrases meaning That was in the first of our state, and in our adolescence.
def.2 Also, (so in a copy of the M, there written بَدْأَة,) or بُدْأَةٌ , with damm, A certain plant; a black thing, resembling a truffle (كَمْء), of which no use is made: so says AHn.
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