ضحو ند ضحى

ضَحَاآءٌ ذ , with medd, (S, Hr, Msb, TA,) and fet-h, (Hr, Msb, TA, [erroneously written in copies of the K with damm,]) The period [ of the forenoon ] next after that called الضُّحَى; i. e. when the day is at the highest: (S:) or the period near midday: (K:) or the period of the day when the sun has risen to the fourth part of the sky: (TA:) see also ضُحًى, in two places. ― -b2- And hence, The [ morning-meal called ] غَدَاآء; because it is eaten in the time thus called. (S, TA.) [And also applied to Pasture eaten in that time: ] see 2, third sentence.