بَدَآءٌ
Root: بدو
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بَدَآءٌ
[An opinion that occurs to one, or arises in the mind; and particularly one that is different from a former opinion;] a subst. from بَدَا in the phrase بَدَا لَهُ فِى الأَمْرِ. See 1, in four places. One says also, هُوَ ذُو
He is one who has various opinions occurring to him, or arising in his mind, of which he chooses some and rejects others: it is said in praise, and sometimes in dispraise: بَدَوَاتٌ is pl. of
, [which is therefore syn. with بَدَآءٌ,] like as قَطَوَاتٌ is pl. of قَطَاةٌ. One says likewise
أَبُو , meaning The father [i. e. originator] of opinions that present themselves to him. And
السُّلْطَانُ ذُو عَدَوَاتٍ وَذُو a trad., meaning the Sultán ceases not to have some new opinion presenting itself to him.
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