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Form 1أَبَدَ4 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarأُبُودٌ أَبَدٌ

Core sense — he remained in a place; he became wild, shy; he was angrygenerated

1.1he remained, stayed, or dwelt in a place constantly and permanently, without leaving it—بِمَكَانٍ

أَبَدَ means the same, its muḍāriʿ being اَبُدَ.

1.1.1he (a beast) became wild, or shy—أَبَدَ

maṣdar أُبُودٌ and تأبّد; synonym تَوَحَّشَ.

[Because wild animals live long, unless killed by accident; according to what As and others say in explaining أوَابِدٌ (singular آبِدَةٌ), applied to animals as meaning wild.]

shrinking from a thing, or shunning it—أُبُودٌ

It also means: he took fright and fled, or ran away at random; and he took fright at people and shunned them.

Synonym نُفُورٌ.

he (a man) became unsociable, unfamiliar, or shy, like a wild animal—أَبِدَ

Muḍāriʿ اَبَدَ and تأبّد; synonym توحّش.

1.1.2figurative · مجازhe (a poet) used strange, unusual, unfamiliar words in his verses—أَبَدَ

Words far from being intelligible, not understood at first sight or on first consideration.

1.1.3he (a man) was angry—أَبِدَ

[Perhaps from أَبِدَ in the sense explained above, but more probably, I think, by the substitution of أ for و.]

. أَمِدَ, وَبِدَ, وَمِدَ and عَبِدَ mean the same.

he was angry with him—أَبِدَ عَلَيْهِ

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, aor. اَبِدَ , inf. n. أُبُودٌ , He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, (T, S, M, K,) constantly, continually, or permanently, without quitting, (T, L,) بِمَكَانٍ in a place; (T, S, M, K;) and so أَبَدَ having for its aor. اَبُدَ . (TA.) أَبَدَ , (S, M, A, &c.,) aor. اَبِدَ and اَبُدَ , (T, S, M, L, Msb, K,) inf. n. أُبُودٌ ; (M, L, Msb;) and تأبّد ; (T, M, A, Mgh, L;) He (a beast) became wild, or sky; syn. تَوَحَّشَ : (S, M, A, Mgh, L, Msb, K:) [because wild animals live long, unless killed by accident; accord. to what is said by As and others in explanation of أوَابِدٌ (sing. آبِدَةٌ ) applied to animals, as meaning wild:] took fright, and fled, or ran away at random: (Mgh:) took fright at, and shunned, mankind. (T, Msb.) أُبُودٌ also signifies The shrinking from a thing, or shunning it; syn. نُفُورٌ . (Kull pp. 30 and 31.) And أَبِدَ , (S, K,) aor. اَبَدَ ; (K;) and تأبّد ; (A, K;) He (a man, S, A,) became unsocial, unsociable, unfamiliar, or sky; like a wild animal; syn. توحّش . (S, A, K.) [Hence,] أَبَدَ , (K,) aor. اَبِدَ , inf. n. أُبُودٌ , (TA,) He (a poet) made use, in his verses, of words, or phrases, strange, unusual, unfamiliar, or far from being intelligible, (K, * TA,) such as were not understood (K) at first sight, or on first consideration. (TA.) [And perhaps from أَبِدَ in the sense explained above, but more probably, I think, by the substitution of أ for و ,] أَبِدَ , aor, اَبَدَ , (T, S, &c.,) inf. n. أَبَدٌ , (L,) He (a man, S) was angry; (T, S, M, L, K;) as also أَمِدَ and وَبِدَ and وَمِدَ and عَبِدَ . (T, L.) You say, أَبِدَ عَلَيْهِ He was angry with him. (L.)

Form 2أبّد2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَأْبِيدٌ

Core sense — he made it perpetual; he made a beast take frightgenerated

2.1I did not do a deed ever to be remembered, or mentioned—لَمْ أَفْعَلْ تَأْبِيدًا

he made, or rendered, something perpetual. [See also the ism mafʿūl below.]

This phrase is used as though it meant لَمْ آتِ بِآبِدَةٍ.

2.1.1

He, or it, made a beast take fright, so that it became wild and shy.

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, inf. n. تَأْبِيدٌ , He made, or rendered, perpetual. (S, K.) [See also the pass. part. n. below.] لَمْ أَفْعَلْ تَأْبِيدًا is a phrase used as though meaning لَمْ آتِ بِآبِدَةٍ [I did not a deed ever to be remembered, or mentioned]. (Ham p. 191.) He, or it, made [a beast] to take fright; to become wild, or sky. (KL.)

Form 5تأبّد3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he stayed long away from home; it became deserted, inhabited by wild animalsgenerated

5.1

See form 1, in two places.

5.1.1

He (a man) was long distant from his home; explained by طَالَتْ غُرْبَتُهُ.

Or he was long in a state of celibacy; طالت عُزْبَتُهُ, as in one copy of the K; and he became little in need of women, or little desirous of them.

5.1.2

Said of a place of abode or sojourning: it became deserted by people, and became inhabited by wild animals.

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: see 1, in two places. He (a man) was long distant from his home; expl. by طَالَتْ غُرْبَتُهُ ; (K;) or was long in a state of celibacy; طالت عُزْبَتُهُ , as in one copy of the K; (TA;) and became little in need, or little desirous, of women. (K.) It (a place of abode or sojourning) became deserted [by mankind]: (T, M, K:) and became inhabited by wild animals. (T, M, A.)

Derived nouns 14

Nounإِبْدٌ1 sense

Core sense — prolific, breeding plentifullygenerated

See إِبِدٌ.

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: see إِبِدٌ

Nounأَبَدٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — time; a long, unlimited time; endless duration; everlastinggenerated

1the time became long to Lubad—طَالَ الأَبَدْ عَلَى لُبَدْ

Time, دَهْرٌ, in an absolute sense; or a long time, دَهْرٌ طَوِيلٌ. [This may also be what is meant elsewhere by the synonym دَهْرٌ alone.]

Or, properly, a long time that is unlimited.

Er-Rāghib: an extended space of time that cannot be divided; for one says زَمَانُ كَذَا, “the time of such a thing,” but not أَبَدُ كَذَا.

[And generally, time, or duration, or continuance, or existence without end; endless time; prospective eternity; opposed to أَزَلٌ, which means time or duration without beginning. Each of these meanings may be intended by the explanation given in the dictionaries, and each applies correctly in particular instances.]

Plural, of paucity, آبَادٌ, and, of multitude, أُبُودٌ [and أَبَدُونَ, an example of which is given below]. But the use of these plurals is restricted to particular cases: they signify portions of time, or serve to strengthen the singular.

Er-Rāghib: as meaning an extended indivisible space of time, أَبَدٌ should have neither dual nor plural; but آبَادٌ is sometimes said, when the singular is restricted to a particular part of the whole it applies to, in the way a generic noun is restricted to a special and partial meaning. Some, however, have said that آبَادٌ is post-classical, not of the language of the Arabs called العَرَبُ العَرْبَآءُ.

may God grant you a life long in duration and remote in limit—رَزَقَكَ ٱللّٰهُ عُمُرًا طَوِيلَ الآبَادِ بَعِيدَ الآمَادِ

this was a long time ago—كَانَ هٰذَا فِى آبَادِ الدَّهْرِ

a long, or an endless, period of time—أَبَدٌ آبِدٌ

[Lubad was the last, and the longest-lived, of Luḳmán's seven vultures, to the term of whose life his own term of life was decreed to extend.] A proverb applied to anything that has lasted long.

Literally “durations” and “limits”: the plural form is used not in its proper sense but to give intensity to the meaning.

أَبَدٌ أَبِيدٌ is used in the same way, meaning دَائِمٌ, in an intensive sense; just as one says دَهْرٌ دَاهِرٌ or دَهْرٌ دَهِيرٌ. In each of these phrases the second word is added as a corroborative, to give intensity to the meaning.

to the end of time; for ever—لِلْأَبِدَ

لِأَبِدٍ, and, in an intensive sense, لِأَبِدَ أَبَدٍ and لِأَبَدِ الأَبَدِ, occur in different recitals of a tradition with the same meaning: for ever and ever.

ever, taking in all future time—أَبَدًا

An adverbial noun whose meaning takes in all future time; [that is, ever, like قَطُّ in relation to past time]. عَلَى الأَبَدِ means the same. [So too does الأَبَدَ, unless used in a limited sense known to the hearer.]

I will not speak to him as long as I live; I will never speak to him—لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ أَبَدًا

That is, from the time of your speaking to the end of your life. [Here أَبَدًا may also be taken as a mere corroborative. It is used in both these ways in affirmative as well as negative sentences. For examples in affirmative sentences see the Qur'ān 18:2 and 4:60.]

One also says لَا أَفْعَلُهُ and لَا آتِيهِ أَبَدَ الآبَادِ, which, though of classical authority, is said to be no evidence that the Arabs of the classical ages used آباد as a plural of أَبَدٌ in a general way, since it is added here merely as a corroborative, like آزال in the phrase أَزَلَ الآزَالِ, and like أَبَدَ الأَبَدِينَ, where the latter word is not a nisba (relative) noun — if it were, it would be الأَبَدِيِّينَ — but apparently a plural, like أَرَضُونَ and أَبَدَ الآبِدِينَ.

You say likewise دَهْرَ الآبِدِينَ, أَبَدَ الأَبَدِيَّةِ, أَبَدَ الأَبِيدِ, الأَبِيدِ أَبِيدَ, أَبَدَ الأَبَدِ and أَبَدَ الدَّهْرِ, all of which phrases mean the same: [I will not do it, and I will not come to him, (or لا آتيه may here mean the same as لا افعله) during the endless space of all future time; for ever and ever]; the last word in every case is a corroborative.

In the T, يَدَ الدَّهْرِ.

Qur’ān 18:4 approximate — somewhere between 18:1 and 18:42 Lane cites “Kur xviii. 2”

1.1the present state of existence is limited in duration, but the final state is everlasting—الدُّنيَاء أَمَدٌ وَالآخِرَةُ أَبَدٌ

Also lasting, or everlasting; [used for ذُو أَبَدٍ, and, with a feminine noun, ذَاتُ أَبَدٍ].

the Everlasting; God—الأَبَدُ

[Because He alone is البَاقِى الأَبَدِيّ, the Enduring without end or cessation; for the Muslims hold that all living creatures, even the angels, must die and be raised again to life.] Or it means the Ancient without beginning.

Also offspring that is a year old.

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Time, syn. دَهْرٌ , (S, M, Msb, K,) in an absolute sense: (TA:) or a long time, syn. دَهْرٌ طَوِيلٌ : (A, and Mgh: [and this may be meant in the S &c. by the syn. دَهْرٌ alone, q. v.:]) or, properly, a long time ( دهر طويل ) that is unlimited: (Msb, TA:) or an extended space of time that is indivisible; for you say زَمَانُ كَذَا : “ the time of such a thing,” but not أَبَدُ كَذَا : (Er-Rághib:) [and generally, time, or duration, or continuance, or existence, without end; endless time, &c.; prospective eternity; opposed to أَزَلٌ , which signifies “ time, or duration, &c., without beginning: ” (see the latter word for further explanations, &c.:) each of these significations may be meant by the explanation in the S and M and K, which is also given in the Msb: each correctly applies in particular instances:] pl. [of pauc.] آبَادٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and [of mult.] أُبُودٌ (S, M, K) [and أَبَدُونَ , of which an ex. will be found below]: but the use of these pls. is restricted to particular cases, to signify portions of time, or to serve as corroboratives to the sing.: (MF:) as signifying an extended indivisible space of time, [or the like,] أَبَدٌ should have neither dual nor pl.; but آبَادٌ is sometimes said, when the sing. is restricted to denote a particular part, or portion, of the whole of that to which it applies, in like manner as a generic noun is restricted to a special and partial signification: some, however, have mentioned آبَادٌ as being post-classical; not of the language of the Arabs called العَرَبُ العَرْبَآءُ . (Er-Rághib.) طَالَ الأَبَدْ عَلَى لُبَدْ [The time became long to Lubad, the last, and the longest of life, of Luk- mán's seven vultures, to the term of the life of which his own term of life was decreed to extend,] is a proverb applied to any thing that has been of long duration. (M.) And you say, رَزَقَكَ ٱللّٰهُ عُمُرًا طَوِيلَ الآبَادِ بَعِيدَ الآمَادِ [May God grant thee a life long in duration (lit. durations, the pl. form being used not in its proper sense, but to give intensiveness of signification), and remote in limit (lit. limits)]. (A.) And كَانَ هٰذَا فِى آبَادِ الدَّهْرِ This was a long time ago. (Mgh.) And أَبَدٌ آبِدٌ (TA) and أَبَدٌ أَبِيدٌ , (S, M, TA,) meaning دَائِمٌ [in an intensive sense]; (TA;) [A long, or an endless, period of time;] like as you say, دَهْرٌ دَاهِرٌ (S) or دَهْرٌ دَهِيرٌ . (M.) [In each of these phrases, the latter word is added as a corroborative, or to give intensiveness to the signification.] لِلْأَبِدَ and لِأَبِدٍ and [in an intensive sense, as will be seen below,] لِأَبِدَ أَبَدٍ and لِأَبَدِ الأَبَدِ , accord. to different recitals of a trad., signify To the end of time; for ever; and for ever and ever. (TA.) أَبَدًا is an adv. n., of which the signification includes all future time; [meaning Ever; like قَطُّ in relation to past time;] (El-Khafájee, El-Bedr Ed-Demámeenee, MF;) and عَلَى الأَبَدِ signifies the same. (TA.) [So, too, does الأَبَدَ , unless used in a limited sense known to the hearer.] When you say, لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ أَبَدًا , you mean, [I will not speak to him as long as I live, or henceforth, or ever; or I will never speak to him; i. e.,] from the time of your speaking to the end of your life. (Msb.) [In this case, أَبَدًا may also be considered as a mere corroborative. It is used in both these ways ( للتَّأْسِيسِ and لِلتَّوْكِيدِ ) in affirmative as well as negative sentences. For exs. of its use in affirmative sentences, see the Kur xviii. 2 and iv. 60, &c.] One also says, لَا أَفْعَلُهُ , (S, M, A,) and لَا آتِيهِ , (T, K,) أَبَدَ الآبَادِ , (T, M, A, K,) which, though of classical authority, is said to be no evidence of the use of آباد as a pl. of أَبَدٌ in a general way by the Arabs of the classical ages, as it is here added merely as a corroborative, as آزال is in the phrase أَزَلَ الآزَالِ ; (MF;) and أَبَدَ الأَبَدِينَ , (M, A, K,) in which the latter word is not a rel. n., for if so it would be الأَبَدِيِّينَ , but app. a pl., (M,) like أَرَضُونَ ; (M, K;) and أَبَدَ الآبِدِينَ , (S, K,) like as you say, دَهْرَ الآبِدِينَ ; (S;) and أَبَدَ الأَبَدِيَّةِ ; (M, K;) and أَبَدَ الأَبِيدِ ; (T, S, M, A, K;) and الأَبِيدِ أَبِيدَ ; (M, K;) and أَبَدَ الأَبَدِ ; (K;) and أَبَدَ الدَّهْرِ ; (M, K; [in the T يَدَ الدَّهْرِ ;]) all of which phrases are the same in meaning; (K;) [i. e. I will not do it, and I will not come to him, (or لا آتيه may here mean the same as لا افعله ,) during the endless space of all future times, or time; or the like; or for ever and ever; ; in seculum seculorum; in omne ævum;] the last word in every case being a corroborative. (MF.) Also, [for ذُو أَبَدٍ , and (applied to a fem. n.) ذَاتُ أَبَدٍ ,] Lasting: or everlasting. (S, A, K.) So in the saying, الدُّنيَاء أَمَدٌ وَالآخِرَةُ أَبَدٌ [The present state of existence is limited in duration, but the final state of existence is everlasting]. ('Obeyd Ibn-'Omeyr and L.) And الأَبَدُ signifies [The Everlasting; i. e. God; because He alone is البَاقِى الأَبَدِيّ The Enduring without end or cessation; for the Muslims hold that all living creatures (even the angels) must die, and be raised again to life: or] The Ancient without beginning. (K.) Also Offspring that is a year old. (K.)

Nounأَبِدٌ2 senses

Core sense — unsociable, shy, wild, shunning peoplegenerated

1shunning people, shy, or wild—إِبِدٌ

Unsociable, unfamiliar, or shy, like a wild animal; applied to a man and to a young camel.

Said of a female slave and of a she-ass. [See also آبِدٌ.]

See also إِبِدٌ, in four places.

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Unsocial, unsociable, unfamiliar, or shy; like a wild animal; applied to a man, and to a young camel: (S, L:) and إِبِدٌ , applied to a female slave, and to a she-ass, signifies shunning mankind, shy, or wild. (K.) [See also آبِدٌ .] See also إِبِدٌ , in four places.

Nounإِبِدٌ2 senses

Core sense — prolific, breeding plentifully, said of a female slave or she-assgenerated

See أَبِدٌ.

2prolific; breeding, or bringing forth, plentifully—أَبِدٌ

Lth and ISh say this is the only word of its measure heard from the Arabs except إِبِلٌ, نِكِحٌ and خِطِبٌ; but Az says he had not heard the last two from anyone worthy of reliance, and that they are pronounced نِكْحٌ and خِطْبٌ [see إِبِلٌ].

Also إِبْدٌ, which Az thinks a dialectal variant of the first; applied to a female slave and to a she-ass.

prolific, said of a she-camel—أَبِدٌ

Also أَبِدَةٌ (Aboo-Málik) and إِبِدَةٌ (Aboo-Málik), applied to a she-camel, with the same meaning.

bringing forth every year—إِبِدٌ

Also أَبِدٌ; applied to a female slave, to a she-ass, and to a mare; or used as a plural of the female slave, the mare and the she-ass, meaning that breed, or bring forth.

the female slave and the mare—الإِبِدَانِ

In the following saying [Hard fortune will not depart except with the fortune that necessarily attends the owner of the female slave as long as he owns her — or, if ذى is taken in the sense of هٰذِهِ, except with the fortune of this female slave — who every year (ما being redundant) brings forth]

shāhid

الَّابِجَدِّ ذِى الإِبِدْلَنْ يُقْلِعَ الجَدُّ النَّكِدْفِى كُلِّ مَا عَامٍ تَلِدْ

, الابد means the female slave, because her being prolific is an obstacle to prosperity and is not good fortune; that is, she only increases evil [and brings reproach upon her master by bearing him children; for the Arab in ancient times was considered dishonoured by having a child by a slave].

The Arabs also said الاَّ الأَبِدْ لَنْ يَبْلُغَ الجَدَّ النَّكِدْ, meaning: nothing will remove hard fortune except female slaves and beasts or cattle that breed, or bring forth. [To which is added فِى كُلِّ عَامٍ تَلِدْ, bringing forth every year.]

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: see أَبِدٌ . This word, (Lth, ISh, S, K,) said by Lth and ISh to be the only word of its measure heard from the Arabs except إِبِلٌ and نِكِحٌ and خِطِبٌ , but Az says that he had not heard the last two from any person worthy of reliance, and that they are pronounced نِكْحٌ and خِطْبٌ , (L,) [see إِبِلٌ ,] and أَبِدٌ and إِبْدٌ , (K,) which are thought by Az to be dial. vars. of the first, (L,) applied to a female slave, and to a she-ass, signify Prolific; that breeds, or brings forth, plentifully; (S, K;) and أَبِدٌ and أَبِدَةٌ (Aboo-Málik, TA) and إِبِدَةٌ , (Aboo-Málik, K,) applied to a she-camel, signify the same: (Aboo-Málik, K, TA:) and إِبِدٌ (Lth, ISh, L) and أَبِدٌ , (M, L,) applied to a female slave, (M, L,) and to a she-ass, (Lth, ISh, M, L,) and to a mare, (M, L,) that brings forth every year; (Lth, ISh, L;) or applied as a pl. to the female slave and the mare and the she-ass, that breed, or bring forth: (M, L:) and الإِبِدَانِ the female slave and the mare. (K, TA.) In the following saying, 1 [Hard fortune will not depart save with the fortune which is the necessary attendant of the possessor of the female slave, as long as he possesses her, (or, if we take ذى in the sense of هٰذِهِ , save with the fortune of this female slave,) who every year ( ما being redundant) brings forth,] الابد means the female slave because her being prolific is an obstacle to prosperity, and is not good fortune; i. e., she only increases evil [and brings reproach upon her master by bearing him children; for the Arab in ancient times was considered as dishonoured by his having a child by a slave]. (S.) The Arabs also said, الاَّ الأَبِدْ لَنْ يَبْلُغَ الجَدَّ النَّكِدْ , meaning Nothing will attain to the object of removing hard fortune save female slaves and beasts or cattle which breed, or bring forth. (M, L: [in the latter of which is added, فِى كُلِّ عَامٍ تَلِدْ in every year bringing forth.]) الَّابِجَدِّ ذِى الإِبِدْ | لَنْ يُقْلِعَ الجَدُّ النَّكِدْ | فِى كُلِّ مَا عَامٍ تَلِدْ

Nounأَبِدَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — prolific, breeding plentifullygenerated

See إِبِدٌ.

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: see إِبِدٌ .

Nounإِبِدَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — prolific, breeding plentifullygenerated

See إِبِدٌ.

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: see إِبِدٌ .

Nounأَبَدِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — everlasting, lasting without endgenerated

See أَبَدٌ, last sentence but one.

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: see أَبَدٌ , last sentence but one.

Nounأَبَدِيَّةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — endless duration, everlastingnessgenerated

[The quality of unlimited, indivisible, or endless duration; everlastingness.] See أَبَدٌ.

1.1

أَبَدِيَّاتٌ is a term applied to sayings of which this is an example: لَا آتِيكَ مَا بَلَّ بَحْرٌ صُوفَةً. Mentioned in the article صوف.

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[The quality, or attribute, of unlimited, indivisible, or endless, duration; everlastingness]. (M, K.) See أَبَدٌ . أَبَدِيَّاتٌ a term applied to Sayings of which the following is an ex.: لَا آتِيكَ مَا بَلَّ بَحْرٌ صُوفَةً . (M in art. صوف [q. v.]; &c.)

Nounأَبُودٌ1 sense

Core sense — prolific, breeding plentifullygenerated

See آبِدٌ.

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: see آبِدٌ .

Nounأَبِيدٌ1 sense

Core sense — prolific, breeding plentifullygenerated

See أَبَدٌ, in three places.

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: see أَبَدٌ , in three places.

Nounآبِدٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — remaining constantly in a place; a wild animal that shuns peoplegenerated

1birds that stay in a country constantly, winter and summer—أَوَابِدُ

Remaining, staying, or dwelling in a place constantly and permanently; applied to a man [and to a bird].

Plural of آبِدَةٌ; the opposite of قَوَاطِعُ.

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For the phrases أَبَدٌ آبِدٌ and أَبَدَ الآبِدِينَ, see أَبَدٌ.

1.2figurative · مجازthe light, active horse that overtakes wild animals—قَيْدُ الأَوَابِدِ

A wild animal; one that shuns people and takes fright at them. Feminine with ة; plural [properly feminine] أَوَابِدُ, and [masculine and feminine] أُبَّدٌ. أَبُودٌ is synonymous with آبِدٌ, as is مُتَأَبِّدٌ.

Wild animals are called أَوَابِدُ and أُبَّدٌ because they last a long, or naturally unlimited, time: they do not die a natural death, but from some evil accident; the same is said of the serpent. [See also أَبِدٌ.]

So called because he prevents their escaping the pursuer as a shackle would; they can hardly, or never, escape him. [See also the article قيد.]

benefits are fleeting; so hold them fast by gratitude—النِّعَمُ أَوَابِدُ فَقَيِّدُوهَا بِالشُّكْرِ

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Remaining, staying, abiding, or dwelling, constantly, continually, or permanently, in a place; applied to a man [and to a bird]. (L.) And أَوَابِدُ [pl. of آبِدَةٌ ] Birds that remain in a country constantly, winter and summer; (T, L;) contr. of قَوَاطِعُ . (A, L.) For the phrases أَبَدٌ آبِدٌ and أَبَدَ الآبِدِينَ , see أَبَدٌ . A wild animal; (M, L, Msb;) that shuns, and takes fright at, mankind, amp;c.: (L, Msb:) fem. with ة : pl. [properly fem.] أَوَابِدُ , (M, Mgh, L,) and [masc. and fem.] أُبَّدٌ : (M, L:) and أَبُودٌ is syn. with آبِدٌ ; (M;) as also مُتَأَبِّدٌ . (A.) Wild animals are called أَوَابِدُ (S, M, L, K) and أُبَّدٌ (M, L, K) because they endure for a long, or [naturally] unlimited, time; (M, L;) because they do not die a natural death, (As, M, L, K,) but from some evil accident; and the same is asserted of the serpent. (As, M, L.) [See also أَبِدٌ .] [Hence,] قَيْدُ الأَوَابِدِ The light, or active, horse, which overtakes the wild animals, and which they can hardly, or never, escape: so called because he prevents their escaping the pursuer like a shackle. (Msb.) [See also art. قيد .] [Hence also the saying,] النِّعَمُ أَوَابِدُ فَقَيِّدُوهَا بِالشُّكْرِ [Benefits are fugitive, or fleeting; therefore detain ye them by gratitude]. (A trad.)

Nounآبِدَةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a memorable deed or calamity; a strange, hardly intelligible sayinggenerated

Feminine of آبِدٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a one did, or brought about, a calamity ever to be remembered—جَاءَ فُلَانٌ بِآبِدَةٍ

Also, as a noun: a deed, or a calamity, ever to be remembered because of its extraordinary nature and its grievousness; or a great, or formidable, event at which people take fright, or are alarmed; or a strange, abominable, or evil thing. Plural أَوَابِدُ.