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عداهٌ

Root: عدو

Form: 2

Full Definition

عداهٌII , Verbal.Noun تَعْدِيَةٌ, He made him, or it, to pass [from a thing, or an affair, to another: see 1, first sentence]: and he made it to pass through, and go beyond; syn. أَنْفَذَهُ.
2 Hence تَعْدِيَةُ الفِعْلِ, a phrase of the grammarians, [generally meaning The making the verb transitive,] as in خَرَجَ زَيْدٌ فَأَخْرَجْتُهُ [Zeyd went forth and I made him to go forth].
3 See also 1, first quarter, in seven places:
4 and again, in the latter half, in two places.
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