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وِدٌّ ذ (S, L, K) and ↓ وُدٌّ (L, K) and ↓ وَدٌّ (IJ, L, K) and ↓ وَدِيدٌ (S, L, K) A person loved, or beloved; an object of love; a friend; syn. خِبٌّ and حَبِيبٌ and صَدِيقٌ (L) and مُحَبٌّ. (K: in the CK مُحِبٌّ.) ― -b2- Also, ↓ وُدٌ (TA) and ↓ وَدُودٌ (S, L, Msb) and ↓ وَدِيدٌ (TA) and ↓ وَادٌّ (Kz) A person who loves; loving; affectionate: (S, L, Msb, TA:) the first also used in a pl. sense, (L, K,) being [originally] an inf. n. (TA) and the second used alike as masc. and fem. (S, L, Msb.) ― -b3- Also, ↓ وُدٌّ and ↓ وُدُودٌ and ↓ مِوَدٌّ, (K,) also written ↓ مَوَدٌّ, (MF,) A man (TA) loving much; having much love or affection; very loving or affectionate. (K, MF.) ― -b4- Pl. أَوْدَادٌ, (L, K,) pl. of وِدٌّ, (TA,) and also a pl. [of وُدٌّ] in the second of the above senses; (K;) and وَدَادٌ, [pl. of وَدٌّ or وَدِيدٌ] in the first of the above senses; (L;) and أَوُدٌّ, (S, L, K,) pl. of وُدٌّ (TA) in the second of the above senses; (K;) or of وِدٌّ; (S, TA;) and أَوْدٌّ, (L, K,) [an irreg. pl., or quasi-pl. n., upon which I find no remark,] in the first of the above senses, (L,) or the second; (K;) and وُدَّادٌ, pl. of وَادٌّ; (Kz;) and أَوِدَّاآءُ, (S, L, K,) pl. of وَدِيدٌ (TA) in the first of the above senses, (L,) or in the second; (L;) and أَوِدَّةٌ, (K,) also pl. of وَدِيدٌ (TA) in the second of the above senses; (K;) and وُدَدَاآءُ, pl. of وَدُودٌ (S) in the second of the above senses, (S, K,) [and the third]; and وَدِيدٌ is also mentioned as a pl. in the second of the above senses in the K; but this is probably a mistake for وِدَادٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- IAth says, that ↓ وُدٌّ, used as an epithet, is for ذُو وُدٍّ; but وِدٌّ does not require ذو to be understood, being syn. with صَدِيقٌ. (L.)