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بَدْوٌ بدو بدوي : see بَادِيَةٌ: -A2- and see also بَادٍ. -A3- Also The first of a thing; originally [بَدْءٌ,] with hemzeh: (Har p. 583:) and ↓ بَدِىٌّ , also, [originally بَدِىْءٌ,] signifies the first: (TA:) [and ↓ بَدٍ and ↓ بَدَا , the latter for بَدًا, are used for بَدْءٍ. Hence,] one says, ↓ اِفْعَلْ ذٰلِكَ بَادِى بَدٍ , (S,) or بَادِىَ بَدٍ, (M, K,) and ↓ بَادِى بَدِى , (Fr, S, M,) or بَادِىَ بَدِى, (as in some copies of the K,) or ↓ بادى بَدِىٍ , (as in other copies of the K and in the TA,) and ↓ بَادَىَ بَدًا , (M, K,) mentioned by Sb, who says that it is without tenween, though analogy does not forbid its being with tenween, (M,) meaning Do thou that first; (S, TA;) or, the first thing: (Fr, TA:) originally [بَادِئَ بَدْءٍ, &c.,] with hemz. (S, K. [See بَدْءٌ.]) Hence also the phrase, ↓ الحَمْدُلِلٰهِ بَدِيًّا [Praise be to God in the first place]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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