عَادٌ

مَا أَدْرِى أَىُّ عَادَ هُوَ, (S, O, K,) عاد being in this case imperfectly decl., (S, O, [but in the CK and in my MS. copy of the K it is written عادٍ,]) means I know not what one of mankind he is. (S, O, K.) [Perhaps it is from عَادٌ the name of an ancient and extinct tribe of the Arabs.]