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Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَرْوَدُ ذ Gentle, or quiet, and unnoticed in operation: so in the saying, الدَّهْرُ أَرْوَدُ غِيَرٍ [ Time, or fortune, is gentle, or quiet, and unnoticed in operation; characterized by changing accidents ]. (S, TA.) -A2- ↓ أُرْيَدُ [ More, and most, desirous ], occurring in the prov., اـِنْ كُنْتِ تُرِيدِينَ فَأَنَا لَكِ أَرْيَدُ [ If thou desire me, I am more desirous of thee ], is said by Akh to be altered from أَرْوَدُ; and thus to be like أَحْيَلُ, in the phrase هُوَ أَحْيَلُ النَّاسِ, originally أَحْوَلُ. (MF.)

Derived headwords

أَرْوَدُ
  1. 1.
الدَّهْرُ أَرْوَدُ غِيَرٍ
اـِنْ كُنْتِ تُرِيدِينَ فَأَنَا لَكِ
هُوَ أَحْيَلُ