رَدَأَ
Root: ردأ
Form: 1
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رَدَأَI
, [Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun رَدْءٌ,] He supported, propped, or stayed, the wall, by means of a piece of timber or wood, or a buttress or the like, to prevent its falling; as also
: or رَدَأَ الحَائِطَ
بِبِنَآءٍ [he supported the wall by a structure;] he attached a structure to the wall.
2 Hence, رَدَأَهُ بِهِ He strengthened and supported him, or it, by means of it, namely, a person by a thing, or a thing by a thing, like as one strengthens and supports a wall by means of a structure which he attaches thereto; as also . And رَدَأَهُ, Verbal.Noun رَدْءٌ, He helped, aided, or assisted, him; as also اردأهُ : and رَدَأْتُهُ and , or بِنَفْسِى, I was, or became, a helper, an aider, or an assistant, to him.
3 Hence also, (i. e., from ردأ الحَائط,) رَدَأَ الإِبِلَ
4 And رَدَأَهُ بِحَجَرٍ He cast a stone at him; like [رَدَاهُ, mentioned in art. ردى, and] دَرَأَهُ.
def.2 رَدُؤَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَدَآءَةٌ, for which one should not say رَدَاوَةٌ; and Th mentions also رَدَأَ and رَدِىءَ as syn. with رَدُؤَ, but these are strange; and more strange is what is said in the Msb, namely, رَدَا Present.T يَرْدُو, part. n. رَدِىٌّ, [as a dial. var.,] asserted by IDrst, in the Expos. of the Fs, to be erroneous, and peculiar to the vulgar; It [and he, see رَدِىْءٌ, its part. n.,] was, or became, bad, corrupt, vitious, depraved, or the like; or of no rank, or estimation; low, ignoble, vile, or mean; [disapproved, disliked, hated, or abominable: (see رَدِىْءٌ:)] and he was, or became, weak, and impotent, so as to be in want or need.
2 Hence, رَدَأَهُ بِهِ He strengthened and supported him, or it, by means of it, namely, a person by a thing, or a thing by a thing, like as one strengthens and supports a wall by means of a structure which he attaches thereto; as also . And رَدَأَهُ, Verbal.Noun رَدْءٌ, He helped, aided, or assisted, him; as also اردأهُ : and رَدَأْتُهُ and , or بِنَفْسِى, I was, or became, a helper, an aider, or an assistant, to him.
3 Hence also, (i. e., from ردأ الحَائط,) رَدَأَ الإِبِلَ
4 And رَدَأَهُ بِحَجَرٍ He cast a stone at him; like [رَدَاهُ, mentioned in art. ردى, and] دَرَأَهُ.
def.2 رَدُؤَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun رَدَآءَةٌ, for which one should not say رَدَاوَةٌ; and Th mentions also رَدَأَ and رَدِىءَ as syn. with رَدُؤَ, but these are strange; and more strange is what is said in the Msb, namely, رَدَا Present.T يَرْدُو, part. n. رَدِىٌّ, [as a dial. var.,] asserted by IDrst, in the Expos. of the Fs, to be erroneous, and peculiar to the vulgar; It [and he, see رَدِىْءٌ, its part. n.,] was, or became, bad, corrupt, vitious, depraved, or the like; or of no rank, or estimation; low, ignoble, vile, or mean; [disapproved, disliked, hated, or abominable: (see رَدِىْءٌ:)] and he was, or became, weak, and impotent, so as to be in want or need.
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