بَدْأَةٌ
1.
: see بَدْءٌ, in thirteen places.
2.
Also The beginning, or outward course, of a military expedition; opposed to رَجْعَةٌ, meaning the returning, or homeward course, thereof: occurring in a tradition, in which it is said that the Prophet gave, in the case of the former, a fourth [of the spoil], and in the case of the latter, a third; i.e., when a troop went forth from the main body of the army and attacked a party of the enemy, they were to have a fourth of the spoil that they took, and the rest of the army was to share with them the remaining three fourths; and if a troop did so in returning, they were to have a third of all the spoil that they took, because of the greater difficulty and danger attending this case. (T, Mgh.)
3.
كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى بَدْأَتِنَا, and
بُدْأَتِنَا, and
بِدْأَتِنَا, (K,) and
بَدَاءَتِنَا, (Lh, M, TA,) and
بُدَاءَتِنَا, and
بِدَاءَتِنَا, (TA,) and
بَدَأَتِنَا, (Lh, M, K,) but [ISd says,] I know not how that is, (M,) and
مُبْدَيءِنَا, and
مُبْدَيءِنَا, (K,) and
مَبْدَأَتِنَا, (Lh, M, and so in some copies of the K,) or مَبْدَاتِنَا, (so in other copies of the K,) thus in the بَاهِر of Ibn-'Odeys [in the CK Ibn-'Adebbes], (K,) which is said to indicate that we should hesitate respecting them [before admitting them to be of classical authority], are phrases meaning That was in the first of our state, and in our adolescence. (TA.)