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عِنْدٌ ذ and ↓ عَنْدٌ and ↓ عُنْدٌ, (O, K,) accord. to Ibn-'Abbád, (O,) i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [app. as meaning The vicinage, or the quarter, tract, region, or place, of a person or thing]: (O, K:) whence the saying, هُوَ عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ الاآنَ [ He is in the vicinage, or the quarter, &c., of such a one, now ]. (O.) [See also عَنَدٌ, which has a similar meaning.] -A2- عِنْدَ and ↓ عَنْدَ and ↓ عُنْدَ signify the same, (S, O, Msb, Mughnee, K,) being dial. vars., (S, O, Msb,) the first of which is the most common, (Mughnee,) and the most chaste: (Msb:) each is an adv. n. of place, and also of time; (S, O, Msb, Mughnee, K;) [used in the manner of a prep., though properly a prefixed noun;] of place when prefixed to a noun signifying a place [or anything local]; (TA;) of time when prefixed to a noun signifying a time: (Msb, TA:) denoting presence, (S, O,) i. e. perceptible presence, and also ideal presence, or rather the place of presence; (Mughnee;) and nearness, (S, O, Mughnee,) or the place of nearness; (Mughnee;) or the utmost nearness, and therefore it has no dim.; (T, TA;) [i. e.] it is primarily used in relation to that which is present with a person [or thing], in any adjacent part or quarter with respect to that person [or thing]; or in relation to that which is near to a person [or thing]: (Msb:) [thus it signifies At, near, nigh, by, near by, or close by, a place, or thing; with, present with, or in the presence of, a person or persons, or a thing or things; at the abode of a person; at the place of, or in the region of, a thing; or among, or amongst, persons or things: and at, near, nigh, or about, a time; and at, or on, or upon, denoting the occasion of an event or an action:] ― -b2- using it as an adv. n. of place, you say عِنْدَ البَيْتِ [ At, near, nigh, by, near by, or close by, the house or tent ]; (TA;) and عِنْدَ الحَائِطِ [ At, near, nigh, &c., the wall ]; (S, O;) [and عِنْدِى زَيْدٌ With me, present with me, in my presence, or at my abode, is Zeyd; and كُنْتُ عِنْدَ القَوْمِ I was with, or among, the people, or party; and] فَلَمَّا رَاآهُ مُسْتَقِرًّا عِنْدَهُ [ And when he saw it standing in his presence (in the Kur xxvii. 40)] is an ex. of its use as denoting presence perceptible by sense: and it is used as denoting nearness in the phrase عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ ا@لْمُنْتَهَى [ Nigh to the lote-tree of the ultimate point of access (in the Kur liii. 14)]: (Mughnee:) you say also, عِنْدِى مَالٌ, meaning With me, or by me, i. e. present with me, is property; and meaning also in my possession, and in my power and at my disposal, is property, though absent from me; I have, or possess, property; (Msb, Mughnee; *) and لِى عِنْدَهُ مَالٌ [ I have property in his hands, or possession; or there is property due to me in his hands, or possession; meaning, owed to me by him ]; as also قِبَلَهُ: (TA in art. قبل:) hence it is used in relation to attributes; so that one says, عِنْدَهُ خَيْرٌ وَفَضْلٌ [ He has, or possesses, goodness and excellence ]; and مَا عنِدَهُ شَرٌّ [ He has not evil ]: and hence the saying in the Kur [xxviii. 27], فَاـِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًا فَمِنْ عِنْدِكَ i. e. [ And if thou complete ten years, it will be] of thy redundant bounty; (Msb;) [or of thine own freewill; as is implied in the explanation by Bd, and agreeably with common usage:] and it is used as denoting ideal presence in the phrase قَالَ ا@لَّذِى عِنْدَهُ عِلْمٌ مِنَ ا@لْكِتَابِ [ He with whom was, i. e. who possessed, knowledge the of Scripture said (in the Kur xxvii. 40)]: (Mughnee:) [hence also] one says, لِى عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ حَاجَةٌ [ I have an object of want to be sought, or required, at the hand of such a one, or a want to be supplied on the part of such a one; meaning I want a thing of such a one; as also قِبَلَ فُلَانٍ]: (TA in art. حوج:) [and in like manner one says of a right or due (حَقٌّ): and طَلَبَ حَاجَةً عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ He sought an object of want at the hand of such a one: (see an ex. in art. علو, conj. 3:)] ― -b3- using it as an adv. n. of time, you say عِنْدَ الصُّبْحِ [ At, near, nigh, or about, daybreak ]; (Msb, TA;) and عِنْدَ اللَّيْلِ [ At, near, nigh, or about, night ]; (S, O;) and جِئْتُكَ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ [ I came to thee at, near, &c., the rising of the sun ]; (Mughnee;) [and عِنْدَ ذٰلِكَ At, on, upon, or on the occasion of, that event; thereupon; and عِنْدَمَا فَعَلَ كَذَا At, on, upon, or on the occasion of, his doing such a thing. ] ― -b4- It admits before it the prep. مِنْ, (S, O, Msb, Mughnee, K,) but no other prep.; (S, O, Msb;) like as does لَدُنْ: (S, O:) as in the saying, جِئْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ [ I came from his presence, or his vicinage: or I came from him; for in this case it may be considered as redundant]: (Msb:) and in the saying اآتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِنْ لَدُنَّا عِلْمًا [ Upon whom we had bestowed mercy from us, and whom we had taught, from us, knowledge (in the Kur xviii. 64)]: (Mughnee:) [and in an ex. above, from the Kur xxviii. 27: and one says of a gift, هٰذَا مِنْ عِنْدِى, meaning This is from, or of, my property; or from me; or, by way of emphasis, from myself: ] one should not say [as the vulgar do], مَضَيْتُ اـِلَى عِنْدِكَ; nor اـِلَى لَدُنْكَ. (S, O, K. *) ― -b5- Being a vague adv. n., (T, TA,) it may not be used otherwise than as an adv. n., (T, S, O, K, TA,) except in the following case: (T, O, TA:) one says of a thing without knowing it, هٰذَا عِنْدِى كَذَا [ This is in my judgment, or opinion, thus ]; and thereupon another says, أَوَلَكَ عِنْدٌ [ And hast thou a judgment, or an opinion? ]: (T, A, * O, * K, * TA:) and in like manner one says, وَمَنْ أَنْتُمُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ لَكُمْ عِنْدٌ [ And who are ye, that ye should have a judgment, or an opinion? ]: (TA:) and thus in the saying, (Mughnee, TA,) of one of the Muwelleds, (Mughnee,) لَا يُسَاوِى نِصْفَ عِنْدِ كُلَّ عِنْدٍ لَكَ عِنْدِى [ Every judgment, or opinion, of thine, in my judgment, or opinion, will not equal the half of a judgment, or an opinion ]: (Mughnee, TA:) [...]