بد
Root entry · 1 derived lemma10 استبدّ أستبد استبد ٱستبد He was, or became, alone; independent of others; (S, M, L, Msb, K; in the first and last expl. by تَفَرَّدَ; and in the others, by اِنْفَرَدَ;) exclusively of others; (L;) without any to share, or participate, with him; or he had none to share, or participate, with him: (Msb:) بِهِ [ in it; i. e. he had it, or kept it, to himself, exclusively, with none to share with him in it ]: (K:) and بِكَذَا [ in such a thing ]: (S, L:) and بِرَأْيِهِ [ in his opinion; i. e. he followed his own opinion only, with none to agree with him; or he was singular in his opinion ]: (M, L:) and بِأَمْرٍ [ in a thing, or an affair ]: (L, Msb:) and بِأَمْرِهِ [ in his affair ]; meaning he obtained [absolute] predominance, or control, over his affair, so that people would not hear [or obey] any other. (A.) It is said in a trad., كُنَّا نَرَي أَنَّ لَنَافِىِ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ حَقَّا فَا@سْتَبَدْتُمْ عَلَيْنَا [ We used to opine that we had a right to act in this affair, and ye have been alone the actors, predominant over us ]. (L.) And you say, استبدّ الأَمْرُ بِفُلَانٍ, meaning (tropical:) The thing, or affair, overcame such a one, so that he could not manage it well, or thoroughly. (A.)
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