خَيْدَبٌ
Root: خدب
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خَيْدَبٌ
, or
خَيْدَبَةٌ , A conspicuous road: so says Esh-Sheybánee.
2 And the latter, A way of acting or conduct: so in the saying, فُلَانٌ عَلَى خَيْدَبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ [Such a one is following a good, righteous, or just, way of acting or conduct].
3 Opinion, judgment, or counsel: so in the saying, تَرَكْتُهُ وَخَيْدَبَتَهُ [I forsook him and his counsel].
4 One's first, or original, affair, concern, or business: so in the saying, أَقْبِلْ عَلَى خَيْدَبَتِكَ [Apply thyself to thy first, or thine original, affair, &c.]
2 And the latter, A way of acting or conduct: so in the saying, فُلَانٌ عَلَى خَيْدَبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ [Such a one is following a good, righteous, or just, way of acting or conduct].
3 Opinion, judgment, or counsel: so in the saying, تَرَكْتُهُ وَخَيْدَبَتَهُ [I forsook him and his counsel].
4 One's first, or original, affair, concern, or business: so in the saying, أَقْبِلْ عَلَى خَيْدَبَتِكَ [Apply thyself to thy first, or thine original, affair, &c.]
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