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نَدِىَ

Root: ندى

Form: 1

Full Definition

نَدِىَI It was, or became, moist, or moistened.
2 مَا نَدِيَنِى مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ, or مَا نَدِيَنِى مِنْهُ شَىْءٌ أَكْرَهُهُ, [A thing, or a thing that I dislike,] did not betide me or befall me [from him]. And لَا يَنْدَاكَ مِنِّى شَىْءٌ تَكْرَهُهُ [A thing that thou dislikest] shall not befall thee [from me]. مَا نَدِيَتْ كَفِّى لَهُ بِشَرٍّ [My hand did not evil to him]: and مَا نَدِيتُ بِشَىْءٍ تَكْرَهُهُ [I did not a thing that thou dislikest]. See also art. عرق, first par., last sentence but two.
3 سَأَلْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَنْدَ لِى بِشَىْءٍ [I asked him, and he did not to me, or for me, anything]. (TA, in art عنو.)
4 مَا تَنْدَى صَفَاتُهُ i. q. مَا يَبِضُّ حَجَرُهُ, q. v. (S, art. بض.) See also art. صفو.
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