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خَيْدَبٌ خيدب , (S, K,) or ↓ خَيْدَبَةٌ , (JK,) A conspicuous road: (JK, S, K:) so says Esh-Sheybánee. (S.) ― -b2- And the latter, A way of acting or conduct: so in the saying, فُلَانٌ عَلَى خَيْدَبَةٍ صَالِحَةٍ [Such a one is following a good, righteous, or just, way of acting or conduct]. (TA.) ― -b3- Opinion, judgment, or counsel: (K:) so in the saying, تَرَكْتُهُ وَخَيْدَبَتَهُ [I forsook him and his counsel]. (TA.) ― -b4- One's first, or original, affair, concern, or business: (AZ, JK, S, K:) so in the saying, أَقْبِلْ عَلَى خَيْدَبَتِكَ [Apply thyself to thy first, or thine original, affair, &c.] (AZ, JK, S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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