عدو

عَدْوَةٌ ذ [inf. n. un. of عَدَا: pl. عَدَوَاتٌ. ― -b2- Hence the saying, السُّلْطَانُ ذُو عَدَوَاتٍ وَذُو بَدَوَاتٍ, expl. voce بَدَاآءٌ, in art. بدو. See another reading of this saying voce عَدَوَانٌ.] ― -b3- [Hence also,] one says, لَهُ عَدْوَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ He has a vehement run of the kind termed عَدْو, inf. n. of عَدَا. (Msb) ― -b4- عَدْوَةُ الأَمَدِ means The extent of the eyesight. (TA.) And one says, هُوَ مِنِّى عَدْوَةَ القَوْسِ [app. meaning He, or it, is at the distance of a bowshot from me ]. (TA.) -A2- See also عُدْوَةٌ. ― -b2- عَدَايَا is used in poetry as a pl. of عدوة [app. عَدْوَةٌ, but in what sense is not shown]. (TA.)