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جَادَّةٌ

Root: جد

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جَادَّةٌ The main part of a road; its middle: (Mgh, Msb, and M voce جَرَجَة:) or its even part: or the beaten track, or part along which one walks, or travels; the conspicuous part thereof: or a main road that comprises other roads, or tracks, and upon which one must pass: or a road, or way, absolutely; as also جُدَّةٌ : or a road leading to water: it is so called because it is marked with tracks, forming lines: pl. جَوَادٌّ, occurring in poetry without teshdeed, but disapproved by As. فُلَانٌ عَلَى الجَادَّةِ means Such a one is following the right course of action or the like. You say also, هُوَ عَلَى جَادَّةِ الحَقِّ [He is on the road, or main road, of truth]: not, however, عَلَى جَادَّةِ البَاطِلِ, but على مَزَلَّةِ البَاطِلِ, and مَزْلَقَتِهِ, and مَهْلَكَتِهِ.
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