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وَادٍ

Root: ودى

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وَادٍ [A valley; a water-course, or torrent-bed: and sometimes a river;] a space intervening, i. e. any such space, between mountains or hills; through which a torrent runs forth [occasionally or constantly]: for which reason it is thus called.
2 حَلَّ بِوَادِيهِ i. q. بَاعَِ عَلَى بَيْعِهِ in one of the senses explained in art. بيع; i. e., He superseded him, &c.
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