فَدَّادٌ

Having a strong, or loud, voice, (S, M, A, L, K,) and rude, coarse, or uncivil, in speech; (L, K;) as also ↓ فُدْفُدٌ and ↓ فُدَفِدٌ. (Lh, M, L, K.)

Having a vehement tread. (M, L, K.) Hence, in a tradition, قَدْ كُنْتَ تَمْشِى فَوْقِى فَدَّادًا i. e. [Thou usedst to walk upon me] treading vehemently, as said by the earth, (M, L,) to a dead man buried in it. (L.)

Proud, (K, TA,) and exulting. (TA.)

And Possessing camels in number from two hundred (in some copies of the K [and in a copy of the T] from hundreds, TA) to a thousand, (AO, T, Nh, L, K,) and therewithal rude, coarse, or uncivil, and proud. (AO, T.)

Pl. فَدَّادُونَ. (L, K, &c.)

The plural occurs in a tradition, in the saying, إِنَّ الجَفَاءَ وَالقَسْوَةَ فِى الفَدَّادِينَ, (T, S, L,) meaning [Verily rudeness, or coarseness, and hardness, are in] the men whose voices are high, or loud, in their corn-fields and among their cattle: (El-Ahmar, As, T, S, L, K:) or (in the K “ and ”) the tenders of camels, and pastors, and tenders of oxen and of asses: (Th, T, K:) or (in the K “ and ”) the tillers of the ground; (M, A, Mgh, K, TA;) because they vociferate in their corn-fields: (A, Mgh:) or (in the K “ and ”) the people of the deserts; (M, K, TA;) the men who dwell in the فَدَافِد [plural of فَدْفَدٌ, q. v.]; (MF;) because of the roughness of their voices, and their rudeness, or coarseness: (M:) or (in the K “ and ”) the possessors of many camels. (M, K, TA.) [See also article فدن.]

↓ الفَدَّادَةُ signifies The frog: (A, K:) so called because of its croaking. (A.)

Also, ↓ فَدَّادَةٌ, (IAar, Th, M, L, K,) and ↓ فُدَادَةٌ, (IAar, L,) or ↓ فَدَادَةٌ, (M, K,) A cowardly man. (IAar, Th, M, L, K.)

Also, ↓ فَدَّادَةٌ, (L,) or ↓ فُدَادَةٌ, (M, K,) A certain bird: (M, L, K:) n. un. of فَدَّادً, (L,) or ↓ فُدَادُ. (M.)