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وادّهُ , inf. n. مُوَادَّةٌ and وِدَادٌ , He loved, or affected him, being loved, or affected, by him. (Msb.)

أَوْدَ3َ see 1.

تودّدهُ He attracted to himself his love, or affection. (IAar, L, K.) ― -b2- تودّد اـِلَيْهِ He manifested, or showed, love, or affection, to him. (L, Msb, K.)

هُمَا يَتَوَادَّانِ , (S, L,) inf. n. تَوَادٌّ , (K,) They two love, or affect, each other. (S, L, K.)

وِدٌّ (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 أَوِدَّا=ءُ , (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 وُدَدَا=ءُ , 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.)

وَدٌّ : see 1, and وِدٌّ . ― -b2- وَدٌّ and ↓ وُدٌّ (the former is the more common, L) A certain idol (S, L, K) which pertained to the people of Noah, and then to Kelb, and was at Doomet-el-Jendel: (S, L:) or a certain good man, who lived between Adam and Noah, and of whom, after his death, was made an image, which, after a long time, became an object of worship; like سُوَاعٌ and يَغُوثُ and يَعُوقُ and نَسْرٌ , mentioned therewith in the Kur, lxxi. 22 and 23: (Bd:) and the former, a certain idol belonging to Kureysh, also called أُدٌّ . (L.) ― -b3- بِوَدِّكِ By thy Wedd! meaning the idol so named. (L.) -A2- وَدٌّ A wooden pin, peg, or stake; i. q. وَتِدٌ : (S, K:) of the dial. of Temeem; (IDrd;) or of Nejd: as though they made the ت quiescent and incorporated it into the د . (S.)

وُدٌّ : see 1, and وِدٌّ , and وَدٌّ . ― -b2- بِوُدِّى أَنْ يَكُونَ كَذَا I wish that such a thing may be. In the following saying of the poet, أَيُّهَا العَايءِدُ المُسَايءِلُ عَنَّا وَبِوُدِّيكَ لَوْ ثَرَى أَكْفَانِى [O thou visitor of the sick, inquiring respecting us, wishing that thou mayest see my graveclothes], the kesreh of the د is lengthened for sake of the measure. (S, L.)

وَدُودٌ : see وِدٌّ . ― -b2- الوَدُودُ , as an epithet applied to God, The loving towards his servants, (IAmb, L,) or, towards those who obey: (Beyd, lxxxv. 14:) or He who regards with approbation his righteous servants: or He who is beloved in the hearts of his saints. (IAth, L.)

وَدُودٌ also, A mare that puts forth all her power of running. (ISd, L.)

وَدِيدٌ : see وِدٌّ .

وَادٌّ : see وِدٌّ .

أَوَدُّ More or most, loving or affectionate. Said to be also used as a pl., for أَوَدُّونَ . (L.)

مَوَدٌّ and مِوَدٌّ : see وِدٌّ .

مَوَدَّةٌ Love; affection. (Msb.) See also 1. ― -b2- Also, A letter; an epistle: and letters, or epistles: syn. كِتَابٌ and كُتُبٌ . (IAar, L, K.) Said to have the latter meaning in the Kur, lx. 1, in the first of the instances of its occurrence there: (L, K:) but this is a strange interpretation. (TA.)