عدو

عَدَاآءٌ ذ an inf. n. of عَدَا in the phrase عَدَا عَلَيْهِ [q. v.]. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And, as also ↓ عِدَاآءٌ, A single طَلَق [or heat; i. e., a single run, at once, to a goal, or limit ]; (K, TA;) of a horse. (TA.) -A2- And عَدَاآءُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ, (S, K,) as also ↓ عِدَاهُ, (K, TA,) [the latter written in the CK عِداؤُهُ, but] the former is with the lengthened ا and the latter with the shortened ا, (TA,) and ↓ عِدْوُهُ and ↓ عِدْوَتُهُ and ↓ عُدْوَتُهُ, (K,) signify طَوَارُهُ, (S, K,) i. e. [ The equal, of anything, in breadth and length; or] what is coextensive with anything in its breadth and its length. (S, TA.) One says, لَزِمْتُ عَدَاآءَ الطَّرِيقِ, or النَّهْرِ, or الجَبَلِ, meaning طَوَارَهُ [i. e. I kept to the tract coextensive in its breadth and its length with the road, or the river, or the mountain ]. (TA.) -A3- See also عُدَوَاآءُ, first and third sentences. -A4- And see عِدًى, and عِدْوَةٌ.