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تعادى

Root: عدو

Form: 6

Full Definition

تعادىVI The people, or party, became affected, [or infected,] or smitten, one with the disease of another, or one with the like of the disease of another: or died, one after another, in one month, and in one year. And تعادت الإِبِلُ The camels died in great numbers.
2 And تعادى القَوْمُ عَلَىَّ بِنَصْرِهِمْ The people, or party, came upon me consecutively with their aid, or assistance.
3 One says also, تعادى القَوْمُ from العَدَاوَةُ meaning The people, or party, treated, or regarded, one another with enmity, or hostility.
4 And تعادى مَا بَيْنَهُمْ The case, or affair, that was between them became in a bad, or corrupt, state, or complicated, intricate, or confused, so as to be a subject of disagreement, or difference, between them.
5 And تعادى المَكَانُ The place was, or became, dissimilar in its several parts; and uneven. And [hence] one says, بِعُنُقِى وَجَعٌ مِنْ تَعَادِى الوِسَادِ مِنَ المَكَانِ المُتَعَادِى i. e. [In my neck is a pain from the unevenness of the pillow from] the uneven place.
6 And تعادى He, or it, was, or became, distant, remote, far off, or aloof, عَنْهُ from him, or it.

def.2 تعادوا They vied, competed, or contended for superiority, in going the pace termed العَدْو [meaning in running].
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