Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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عند عندأ عندلب


عِنْدَأْوٌ

عِنْدَأْوٌ Bold, or daring, (IDrd, O, Ḳ,) to attempt, or undertake, things; applied to a man; (IDrd, O;) as alsoعِنْدَأْوَةٌ↓: (Ḳ:) which latter is [also] applied to a she-camel, as meaning bold, or fearless. (IAạr, Sh.)


عِنْدَأْوَةٌ

عِنْدَأْوَةٌ Difficulty, and perverseness, (Z, Ḳ, TA,) in a man: (Z, TA:) and roughness, or hardness, of behaviour: (Ḳ:) and opposition, and wrongdoing: (L, TA:) and deceit, or guile: (Ḳ, TA:) and pronounced by some without ء. (TA.) One says, تَحْتَ طِرِّيقَتِكَ لَعِنْدَأْوَةٌ Beneath thy silence is deceit, or guile: (Ḳ:) or difficulty, and perverseness: (Z, TA:) or opposition, and wrongdoing. (L, TA.) [See also طِرِّيقَةٌ.]

Root: عندأ - Entry: عِنْدَأْوَةٌ Signification: A2

And (accord. to Lḥ, TA) العِنْدَأْوَةُ signifies أَدْهَى الدَّوَاهِى [app. meaning The greatest of calamities]. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: عندأ - Entry: عِنْدَأْوَةٌ Dissociation: B

See also the former paragraph.

[Accord. to some, the radical letters of عِنْدَأْوٌ and عِنْدَأَوَةٌ are عدأ: accord. to some, عدو: and accord. to some, عندأ.]

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