عَادٌ
Root: عود
Full Definition
عَادٌ
: see عَادَةٌ.
def.2 مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ عَادَ هُوَ, عاد being in this case imperfectly decl., (S, O, [but in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K it is written عادٍ,]) means I know not what one of mankind he is. [Perhaps it is from عَادٌ the name of an ancient and extinct tribe of the Arabs.]
def.2 مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ عَادَ هُوَ, عاد being in this case imperfectly decl., (S, O, [but in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K it is written عادٍ,]) means I know not what one of mankind he is. [Perhaps it is from عَادٌ the name of an ancient and extinct tribe of the Arabs.]
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