أَبْرَدُ

[More, and most, cold, or chill, or cool].

[Hence,] الأَبْرَدَانِ and ↓ البَرْدَانِ The morning, between daybreak and sunrise, and the evening, between sunset and nightfall; (T, S, M, K;) also called العَصْرَانِ (S, K) and الصَّرْعَانِ and الرِّدْفَانِ: (T:) or (as in the S, but in the M and K “and”) the morning-shade and evening-shade: (S, M, K:) so called because of their coldness, or coolness. (TA.)

See also بَرِدٌ.

ثَوْرٌ أَبْرَدُ A bull upon which are spots, or patches, of white and black: (S, M:) of the dialect of El-Yemen. (M.)

And الأَبْرَدُ The leopard: feminine with ة: (T, K: [but in the TT, the feminine is written like the masculine:]) plural الأَبَارِدُ. (T, K.) The female is also called الخَيْثَمَةُ. (T.)