ʿAdī
عدي
Say it AH-dee
The first to charge
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-d-w
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Adi, Uday, Adiy
Meaning & source
The first of the foot-soldiers to charge in a raid.
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والعَدِيُّ: جماعةُ القومِ يَعْدون لِقِتال وَنَحْوِهِ، وَقِيلَ: العَدِيّ أَول مَنْ يَحْمل مِنَ الرَّجَّالة، وَذَلِكَ لأَنهم يُسْرِعُونَ العَدْوَ، والعَدِيُّ أَولُ مَا يَدْفَع مِنَ الغارةِ وَهُوَ مِنْهُ؛
Who carried this name
- ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 5491 (vol. 4, p. 388)