نِدٌّ
Root: ند
Full Definition
نِدٌّ
and
نَدِيدٌ and
A like of a person or thing: or a like of a thing by participation of substance; a more special term than مِثْلٌ, which signifies “ a like by participation of anything: ” or a thing which does, or may, supply, the place of another thing: or a like that is contrary, or opposed, to another thing; that opposes it (يُنَحادُّهُ, i. e., يُخَالِفُهُ,) in its circumstances; syn. with
ضِدٌّ and شِبْهٌ: and hence the first is applied to an idol; a thing taken as an object of worship instead of the true God: pl. of the first, أَنْدَادٌ; and of the second, نُدَدَآءُ; and of the third, نَدَائِدُ. You say, هُوَ نِدُّ فُلَانٍ, and نَدِيدُهُ, and نَديِدَتْهُ, He is the like of such a one: and هِىَ نِدُّ فُلَانَةَ, She is the like of such a female; but not نِدُّ فُلَانٍ. You also say هُوَ نِدِّى, and نَدِيدِى, meaning He is my opponent with respect to the course that I would pursue, contending with me for a different course.
def.2 See نَدٌّ.
def.2 See نَدٌّ.
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