عَادَةٌ

A custom, manner, habit, or wont; synonym دَأْبٌ, and وَتِيرَةٌ, (MA,) or دَيْدَنٌ: (K:) so called because one returns to it time after time: it respects more especially actions; and عُرْفٌ, sayings; as in indicated in the Telweeh &c.; or, according to some, عُرْفٌ and عَادَةٌ are synonym: (MF, TA:) and according to El-Mufaddal, [↓ عِيدٌ signifies the same as عَادَةٌ; for he says that] عَادَنِى عِيدِى means عَادَتِى [i. e. My habit returned to me: but see the next preceding paragraph, first sentence]: (L, TA:) the plural of عَادَةٌ is عَادَاتٌ (S, O, Msb) and ↓ عَادٌ, (S, O, Msb, K,) or rather this is a coll. gen. n., (TA,) and ↓ عِيدٌ, (L, K, TA,) mentioned by Kr, but not of valid authority, (L, TA,) [apparently a mistranscription for عِيَدٌ, like حِوَجٌ, a plural of حَاجَةٌ,] and عَوَايءِدُ, (Msb, TA,) like as حَوَايءِجُ is plural of حَاجَةٌ; but, according to Z and others, this last is plural of عَايءِدَةٌ, not of عَادَةٌ. (TA.)