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جَدًا جد جدا i. q. جَدْوَى, q. v. ― -b2- Hence, (Har p. 32,) جَدًا, (K,) also written جَدًى, (ISk, TA,) or مَطَرٌ جَدًا, (S,) and, accord. to the K, ↓ جَدْوَى , but this latter is not known except as signifying “ a gift, ” (TA,) A common, or general, rain; (S, K, TA;) of wide extent: (TA:) or of which the uttermost is not known. (K.) One says also سَمَآءٌ جَدًا, meaning A rain having a rain following it; making the latter word masc. because it has the force of an inf. n. (TA.) And اَلّٰهُمَّ ا@سْقِنَا غَدَقًا وَجَدًا طَبَقًا [O God, water us with a copious rain, and a rain that shall cover the land]: (S, TA:) occurring in a trad. respecting prayer for rain. (TA.) ― -b3- And خَيْرٌ جَدًا Ample good; (K;) of wide extent to men. (TA.) -A2- لَا آتِيكَ جَدَا الدَّهْرِ (S, * K, * TA) i. e. [I will not come to thee] ever, like يَدَ الدَّهْرِ; (S, TA;) or to the end of time. (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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