عداوة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع د و (ʿ-d-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.daː.wa/

Noun

عَدَاوَة (ʿadāwa) f (plural عَدَاوَات (ʿadāwāt))

  1. enmity
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:34:
      وَلَا تَسْتَوِي ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ
      wa-lā tastawī l-ḥasanatu wa-lā s-sayyiʾatu dfaʿ bi-llatī hiya ʾaḥsanu fa-ʾiḏā llaḏī baynaka wa-baynahu ʿadāwatun kaʾannahu waliyyun ḥamīmun
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    • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, كَفَى بِكَ دَاءً أَنْ تَرَى الْمَوْتَ شَافِيًا:
      يُبِيدُ عَدَاوَاتِ الْبُغَاةِ بِلُطْفِهِ / فَإِنْ لَمْ تَبِدْ مِنْهُمْ أَبَادَ الْأَعَادِيَا
      yubīdu ʿadāwāti l-buḡāti biluṭfihi / faʾin lam tabid minhum ʾabāda l-ʾaʿādiyā
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Declension

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