غُدْوَةٌ
, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) and
غَدْوَةٌ, said by MF to be well known, and
غِدْوَةٌ, said by him to be rare, or disapproved, (TA,) The early part of the morning; the first part of the day; (K;) or the period between the time of the prayer of daybreak and sunrise; (S, Msb, K;) as also
غَدَاةٌ, and
غَدِيَّةٌ, (K, TA,) the last [in the CK غَدْيَةِ, but correctly] a dialect var. of غُدْوَةٌ, like ضَحِيَّةٌ a dialect var. of ضَحْوَةٌ: (IAar, TA:) or
غَدَاةٌ is synonym with ضَحْوَةٌ [meaning the early part of the forenoon, after sunrise; according to some, when the sun is yet low; or, according to others, when the sun is somewhat high]: (Msb:) [it may therefore be generally rendered morning, before, or after, sunrise:] the pls. are غُدًى, which is plural of غُدْوَةٌ; (S, Msb, TA;) and غَدَوَاتٌ, (S, Msb, K, TA,) which is plural of
غَدَاةٌ; (S, Msb, TA;) and
غُدُوٌّ, (K, TA,) which is a plural of غُدْوَةٌ, formed by rejecting the ة [of the singular], or, according to the M, an anomalous plural of
غَدَاةٌ, or, as J says, [in the S,] referring to the phrase بِالْغَدُوِّ
وَالْاصَالِ, in the Qur'an, 7:204 and xiii. 16 and xxiv. 36], بِالغُدُوِّ there means بِالغَدَوَاتِ, and is a verb [i. e. a verbal noun] used to denote the time, as [is طُلُوع] in the saying طُلُوعَ الشَّمْسِ meaning فِى وَقْتِ طُلُوعِ الشمس; (TA;) and غَدِيَّاتٌ, (IAar, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, غَدَياتٌ,]) which is plural of
غَدِيَّةٌ; (TA;) and غَدَايَا, (K, TA,) which is likewise a plural of
غَدِيَّةٌ, according to IAar, and, if so, regularly formed from غَدَايِوُ, in the same manner as has already been explained in the case of عَشَايَا [plural of عَشِيَّةٌ, q. v. voce عَشِىٌّ]; by some said to be a plural of غُدْوَةٌ, but this has been controverted by IHsh in the Expos. of the “ Kaabeeyeh ” and by its commentator ['AbdEl-Kádir] El-Baghdádee; (TA;) or غَدَايَا is not used except in conjunction with عَشَايَا; (K, TA;) one says, إِنِّى لَاتِيهِ بِالغَدَايَا وَالعَشَايَا [Verily I come to him in the early parts of mornings and in the late parts of evenings], for the purpose of conformity. (S, TA.) Zj says that when غُدْوَة means The
بُكْرَة [or early part of the morning, &c.,] of the present day, or of a particular day, it is imperfectly decl.: and AHei says that it is thus according to the opinion commonly obtaining, as is also بُكْرَة, each as being a generic proper name, like أُسَامَةُ; and that when you mean to generalize, you say, غُدْوَةٌ وَقْتُ نَشَاطٍ [An early part of a morning is a time of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness]; and when you mean to particularize, لَأَسِيرَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَى غُدْوَةَ [I will assuredly journey to-night until the early part of the morning]: (TA:) [in the latter case also] one says, أَتَيْتُهُ غُدْوَةَ [I came to him in the early part of the morning of this, or of a particular, day]; غدوة being here imperfectly decl. because it is determinate, like سَحَرَ; but it is of those adv. ns. that may be used otherwise than as adv. ns.: you say, سِيرَ عَلَى فَرَسِكَ غُدْوَةَ and غُدْوَةً [i. e. Journeying was performed on thy horse, or mare, in the
غُدْوَة
of this, or of a particular, day, and in a
غُدْوَة,] and غُدْوَةٌ and غُدْوَةٌ [i. e. the journey of the
غُدْوَة
of this, or of a particular, day, and the journey of a
غُدْوَة, was performed (lit. was journeyed) on thy horse, or mare,
غُدْوَةُ and غُدْوَةٌ being for. مَسِيرَةُ
غُدْوَةَ and مَسِيرَةُ غُدْوَةٍ, like as شَهْرٌ in the Qur'an, 34:11 is for مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ]; what is with tenween, of these, being indeterminate, and what is without tenween being determinate. (S. [In one of my copies of the S, سِرْ is put in the place of سِيرَ: that the latter is the right is shown by the addition of غُدْوَةُ and غُدْوَةٌ; for each of these must be what is termed نَايءِبٌ عَنْ فَاعِلٍ i. e. a substitute for an agent.]) See also غَدَاةٌ, in two places.