بَادٍ
1.
Appearing, or apparent; or becoming, or being, apparent, open, manifest, plain, or evident. (Msb.) [Hence,] بَادِىَ الرَّأْىِ
At the [first] appearance of opinion; (Fr, Lh, M;) or according to the appearance of opinion; (Zj, S, K; *) which may mean either insincerely or inconsiderately: (Zj, TA:) so in the Qur'an, 11:29; (Zj, S;) where only AA read it with hemz: (TA:) if with hemz, it is from بَدَأْتُ, and means at first thought, or on the first opinion. (S; and Lh in M, article بدأ: see بَدْءٌ.) For بَادِى بَدٍ, or بَادِىَ بَدٍ, and بَادِى بَدِى, &c., see بَدْوٌ, in four places.
2.
بَادِى
بَدِى is sometimes used as a name for Calamity, or misfortune: it consists of two nouns made one, like مَعْدِىْ كَرِبَ. (S.)
3.
بَادٍ also signifies A man going forth to the
بَادِيَة [or desert]: (M, * Msb, K, * TA:) or one who is in the
بَادِيَة, dwelling in the tents, and not remaining in his place: (TA:) plural بَادُونَ and بُدًّا [in the TA erroneously said to be بُدًى like هُدًى] and بُدَّاءٌ: (M, K:) and
بَدْوٌ is a quasi-plural n. of بَادٍ; (M, TA;) or is for أَهْلُ بَدْوٍ, meaning people who go forth to the desert; (M;) or it means dwellers in the desert, or people of the desert: (MF:)
بَادِيَةٌ also signifies the same as بَادُونَ, i. e. people migrating from the constant sources of water, and going forth to the desert, seeking the vicinity of herbage; opposite of
حَاضِرَةٌ; and بَوَادِى [or بَوَادٍ] is plural of بَادِيَةٌ. (T.)