Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تغدّى

Root: غدو

Form: 5

Full Definition

تغدّىV [He ate the meal called غَدَآء, q. v.; properly,] he ate in the first part of the day; as also , Verbal.Noun غَدًا. (TK: but in the TA written غداء.) When it is said to thee, تَغَدَّ [Eat thou the غَدَآء], thou sayest, مَا بِى مِنْ تَغَدٍّ [I have no desire for eating the غَدَآء]; and not مَا بِى غَدَآءٌ, for [the] غَدَآء is the meal itself. (S, Msb. See also 5 in art. عشو.) تَغَدَّى فِى رَمَضَانَ means تَسَحَّرَ [i. e. He ate the meal, or drank the draught of milk, called سَحُور, q. v.].
2 And تَغَدَّتِ الإِبِلُ means The camels pastured in the first part of the day.


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