فَدًى
Root: فدى
Full Definition
فَدًى
and
فِدًى and
فِدَآءٌ and
فِدْيَةٌ all signify the same, i. e. [A ransom;] a thing, or a captive, that is given for a man, who is therewith liberated: [the first three are also inf. ns. ; therefore when you say فَدًى لَكَ أَبِى and فِدًى لك ابى, the words فَدًى and فِدًى may be either inf. ns. or substs.: as substs., the second and third are more common than the first:] فِدْيَةً [is also sometimes expl. as an Verbal.Noun, but accord. to general usage] signifies as above; or property given as a substitute [or a ransom] for a captive: and property by the giving of which one preserves himself from evil in the case of a religious act in which he has fallen short of what was incumbent, like the expiation for the breaking of an oath and of a fast; and thus it is used in the Kur ii. 180 and 192: and its pl. is فِدًى and فِدَيَاتٌ.
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