هدء

هَدْءٌ ذ : see 1. ― -b2- أَتَانَا بَعْدَ هَدْءٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ, (S, K,) and ↓ هُدْءٍ, (K,) and ↓ هَدْأَةٍ, (S, K,) and ↓ مَهْدَاـٍ, and ↓ هَدِىْءٍ, and ↓ هُدُوْءٍ, (K; the last is also an inf. n. and pl.; TA,) (tropical:) He came to us after a period, or portion, of the night; (S, TA;) or after about a third or fourth part of the night had elapsed, (S, TA,) when men were asleep, (S,) or at rest, and the night, and the foot of the passenger, were still: (Sb, K:) or هَدْءٌ is the first third part of the night; from the commencement to the third, (K,) when it begins to be still. (TA.) -A2- هَدْءٌ and هَدْىٌ (in which the ى is said to be substituted for ء, TA.) Way, or manner, of life. (AHeyth, K.) -A3- مَرَرْتُ بِرَجُلٍ هَدْئِكَ مِن رَّجُلٍ i. q. هَدِّكَ: (see art. هد:) the latter is that which is commonly known and approved. (Ez-Zejjájee.)