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عَوْدٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1, as also ↓ عَوْدَةٌ , (S, O, K,) and ↓ عُوَادَةٌ , and ↓ مَعَادٌ . (K.) [Hence,] one says, لَكَ العَوْدُ and ↓ العَوْدَةُ and ↓ العُوَادَةُ It is for thee to return (Lh, K, TA) فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ in this affair. (TA.) And ↓ اَللّٰهُمَّ ا@رْزُقْنَا إِِلَى البَيْتِ مَعَادًا and ↓ عَوْدَةً (A, TA) O God, grant us a return to the House [i. e. the Kaabeh, called “ the House” as being “ the House of God”]. (TA.) And رَجَعَ عَوْدَهُ عَلَى بَدْئِهِ, (Sb, K,) [expl. in the TA in art. غبر as meaning He returned without his having obtained, or attained, anything,] and عَوْدًا عَلَى بَدْءٍ: (K:) and رَجَعْتُ عَوْدِى عَلَى بَدْئِى: (Sb:) expl., with other similar phrases, in art. بدأ, q. v. -A2- See also عَائِدٌ. -A3- Also A camel, (IAar, S, O, Msb, K,) and a sheep or goat, (IAar, O, K,) old, or advanced in age: (S, O, Msb, K:) applied to the former, that has passed the ages at which he is termed بَازِل and مُخْلِف: (S, O:) or that has passed three years, or four, since the period of his بُزُول: (Az, TA:) or a camel old, or advanced in age, but retaining remains of strength: (L:) or one old, or advanced in age, and well trained, and accustomed to be ridden or the like: (TA:) fem. with ة: you say نَاقَةٌ عَوْدَةٌ, (As, S, O,) and نَاقَتَانِ عَوْدَتَانِ, (As, TA,) and عَنْزٌ عَوْدَةٌ: (TA:) or one should not say نَاقَةٌ عَوْدَةٌ, nor نَعْجَةٌ عَوْدَةٌ; (Az, TA;) but one says شَاةٌ عَوْدَةٌ: (Az, IAth, O:) the pl. of عَوْدٌ is عِوَدَةٌ (As, S, O, K) and عِيَدَةٌ (O, K) as some say, but this is anomalous, (O,) of a particular dial., and bad; (Az, TA;) and the pl. of عَوْدَةٌ is عوَدٌ. (As, O, TA.) It is said in a prov., إِِنْ جَرْجَرَ العَوْدُ فَزِدْهُ وِقْرًا [If the old camel make a grumbling sound in his throat, then increase thou his load]. (S.) And in another, عَوْدٌ يُعَلَّمُ العَنَجِ [expl. in art. عنج]. (O.) ― -b2- It is also applied to man: (S, O:) one says, زَاحِمْ بِعَوْدٍ أَوْ دَعْ, (S, O, K,) (assumed tropical:) Ask thou aid of a person of age, (S, O,) and experience in affairs, (O,) and knowledge, (S, O,) or let it alone; (O;) for the judgment of the elder is better than the aspect, or outward appearance, (مَشْهَد,) of the youth, or young man: (S, O:) or ask aid, in thy war, of perfect men advanced in age: (K:) a proverb. (S, O.) [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 586.] ― -b3- And (tropical:) An old road: (S, O, K:) from the same word as an epithet applied to a camel. (O.) A poet says, (S, O,) namely, Besheer Ibn-En-Nikth, (TA, and so in a copy of the S,) “ عَوْدٌ عَلَى عَوْدٍ لِأَقْوَامٍ أُوَلْ
يَمُوتُ بِالتَّرْكِ وَيَحْيَا بِالعَمَلْ
” (S, * O, TA) i. e. An old camel upon an old road [belonging to prior peoples], (S, O, TA,) a road that dies away by being abandoned and revives by being travelled. (TA.) And another says, “ عَوْدٌ عَلَى عَوْدٍ عَلَى عَوْدٍ خَلَقْ
” i. e. An old man upon an old camel upon an old worn road. (IB, TA.) [See also مُعِيدٌ.] ― -b4- And سُودَدٌ عَوْدٌ means (tropical:) Old [lordship, or glory or honour or dignity]. (S, A, O, K, TA.) [See also عَادِىٌّ.] ― -b5- And إِِنَّكَ لَتَمُتُّ بِرَحِمٍ عَوْدَةٍ occurs in a trad., as said by Mo'áwiyeh, meaning [Verily thou seekest to advance thyself in my favour] by an old and remote tie of relationship. (TA.) ― -b6- And عَوْدٌ is used by Abu-n-Nejm as meaning The sun, in the saying, “ وَتَبِعَ الأَحْمَرَ عَوْدٌ يَرْجُمُهْ
” [And a sun followed the red dawn, driving it away]: by الأَحْمَر he means الصُّبْح. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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