ع • ن • د • أ

Bold, or daring, (IDrd, O, K,) to attempt, or undertake, things; applied to a man; (IDrd, O;) as also ↓ عِنْدَأْوَةٌ: (K:) which latter is [also] applied to a she-camel, as meaning bold, or fearless. (IAar, Sh.)

Difficulty, and perverseness, (Z, K, TA,) in a man: (Z, TA:) and roughness, or hardness, of behaviour: (K:) and opposition, and wrongdoing: (L, TA:) and deceit, or guile: (K, TA:) and pronounced by some without ء. (TA.) One says, تَحْتَ طِرِّيقَتِكَ لَعِنْدَأْوَةٌ Beneath thy silence is deceit, or guile: (K:) or difficulty, and perverseness: (Z, TA:) or opposition, and wrongdoing. (L, TA.) [See also طِرِّيقَةٌ.] And (accord. to Lh, TA) العِنْدَأْوَةُ signifies أَدْهَى الدَّوَاهِى [app. meaning The greatest of calamities]. (K, TA.) -A2- See also the former paragraph. [Accord. to some, the radical letters of عِنْدَأْوٌ and عِنْدَأَوَةٌ are عدأ: accord. to some, عدو: and accord. to some, عندأ.]