بَدِيْئَةٌ
Root: بدأ
Full Definition
2 Also, and بَدَآءَةٌ , or بُدَآءَةٌ , i. q. بَدِيهَةٌ, and بَدَاهَةٌ, or بُدَاهَةٌ, i. e. The first occurrence of a thing, that happens to one unexpectedly: [or the first of anything: and an occurrence thereof by which one is taken unawares: accord. to explanations in the K in art. بده:] pl. of the first, بَدَايَا.
3 [And all app. signify The faculty of extemporizing; like بَدِيهَةٌ &c.] You say, فُلَانٌ ذُو جَيِّدَةٍ, i. e. بَدِيهَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ, [meaning] Such a one has a good faculty of extemporizing; or of uttering, or relating, things by means of the promptness of his intelligence.
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