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جَدِيَّةٌ جد جدي جديه جدية : see جَدْيَةٌ, in two places. -A2- Also Flowing blood; (Lh, K;) blood not flowing being termed بَصِيرَةٌ: (Lh, TA:) or the former, blood adhering to the body; and the latter, blood upon the ground: (AZ, S:) or the former, a streak of blood: (S:) or the first quantity that flows at once, of blood: (TA:) pl. جَدَايَا. (S.) ― -b2- A piece of musk. (K.) ― -b3- The colour of the face. (K, TA.) You say, اِصْفَرَّتْ جَدِيَّةٌ وَجْهِهِ [The colour of his face became yellow]. (TA.) -A3- I. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [A side; a lateral, or an outward or adjacent, part or portion, region, quarter, or tract; &c.]. (K.) So in the saying, هُوَ عَلَى جَدِيَّتِهِ [app. meaning He is keeping to his own side: he is following his own course; like the phrase هُوَ عَلَى طَرِيقَتِهِ: or he is by himself; like هُوَ عَلَى وَحْدِهِ and حِدَتِهِ]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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