جَدِيَّةٌ
Root: جدى
Full Definition
def.2 Also Flowing blood; blood not flowing being termed بَصِيرَةٌ: or the former, blood adhering to the body; and the latter, blood upon the ground: or the former, a streak of blood: or the first quantity that flows at once, of blood: pl. جَدَايَا.
2 A piece of musk.
3 The colour of the face. You say, اِصْفَرَّتْ جَدِيَّةٌ وَجْهِهِ [The colour of his face became yellow].
def.3 I. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [A side; a lateral, or an outward or adjacent, part or portion, region, quarter, or tract; &c.]. So in the saying, هُوَ عَلَى جَدِيَّتِهِ [app. meaning He is keeping to his own side: he is following his own course; like the phrase هُوَ عَلَى طَرِيقَتِهِ: or he is by himself; like هُوَ عَلَى وَحْدِهِ and حِدَتِهِ].
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