هدى

8 اِهْتَدَى ذ He became rightly directed; followed a right direction; (K;) went aright; as also ↓ هَدَى. (S.) ― -b2- He guided himself. ― -b3- He went a right way: went aright. ― -b4- لَا يَهْتَدِى اـِلَى جِهَةٍ He cannot go aright: or knows not the way that he would pursue; or knows not in what direction to go: sometimes said of a drunken man. ― -b5- لَا يَهْتَدِى لِأَمْرِهِ means He does not, or cannot, find the way to accomplish, or perform, his affair. ― -b6- اِهْتَدَى He found, (MA,) or took (KL,) the right way or road. (MA, KL.) ― -b7- دَاهِيَةُ لاَ يُهْتَدَى لَهَا, by which دَاهِيَةُ الغَبَرِ is expl. in the S and O, means لَا يُهْتَدَى للَّنَّجَاآءِ مِنْهَا, by which the same phrase is expl. in the JK: or it may be well rendered A calamity in relation to which one knows not the right course to pursue. ― -b8- اِهْتَدَى also signifies He continued to be rightly directed, or to follow a right dirertion: and he sought to be rightly directed, or to follow a right direction. (TA.) ― -b9- اِهَدَّى and اِهِدِّى, for اِهْتَدَى; like اِعَذَّرَ and اِعِذِّرَ, for اِعْتَذَرَ.