عَدَوَانٌ
Root: عدو
Full Definition
عَدَوَانٌ
, applied to a wolf, means يَعْدُو
عَلَى النَّاسِ [i. e. That acts aggressively against men]; i. q.
عَادٍ [app. in this sense], which occurs in a trad. applied to a beast of prey, an epithet applied to a beast of prey by the Prophet: one says سَبُعٌ
عَادٍ and سِبَاعٌ عَادِيَةٌ. [In the S, immediately after the words يَعْدُو عَلَى النَّاسِ, it is added, and hence their saying, السُّلْطَانُ ذُو عَدَوَانٍ وَذُو
بَدَوَانٍ; and thus I find the saying cited as from the S in arts. عدو and بدو of the PS: but I think that عَدَوَانٍ and بَدَوَانٍ, here, are mistranscriptions for عَدَوَاتٍ and بَدَوَاتٍ, as I find them written in my copies of the S and TA in the arts. above mentioned: see عَدْوَةٌ, above; and see بَدَآءٌ in art. بدو, where it seems to be clearly shown that بَدَوَاتٍ is correct, as pl. of بَدَاةٌ.]
2 Also, and عَدَّآءٌ , That runs vehemently, or much; i. q. شَدِيدُ العَدْوِ, or كَثِيرُ العَدْوِ; applied to a horse: [and to a man:] الشَّدِيدَةُ, in the K, is a mistake for الشَّدِيدُهُ, meaning الشَّدِيدُ العَدْوِ.
2 Also, and عَدَّآءٌ , That runs vehemently, or much; i. q. شَدِيدُ العَدْوِ, or كَثِيرُ العَدْوِ; applied to a horse: [and to a man:] الشَّدِيدَةُ, in the K, is a mistake for الشَّدِيدُهُ, meaning الشَّدِيدُ العَدْوِ.
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