جَدْوَى

A gift; (S, Msb, K;) as also جَدًا: (S, K:) dual (of the former, TA) جَدْوَانِ and جَدْيَانِ; (Lh, M, K;) the former, regular; (M, TA;) the latter, anomalous, (M, K, TA,) formed by commutation. (M, TA.) You say, مَا أَصَبْتُ مِنْ فُلَانٍ جَدْوَى قَطُّ [I have not obtained from such a one a gift ever]. (TA.) And hence the prov., شَغَلَتْ شِعَابِى جَدْوَاىَ: see article شعب. (S in that article)