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adive

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From Spanish adive, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الذِّئْب (aḏ-ḏiʔb). Doublet of dieb..

noun adives

  1. The golden jackal; a smaller sort of jackal, sometimes domesticated. We are uncertain whether these two names denote animals of different species. We only know, that the jackal is larger, fiercer, and more difficult to tame than the adive;† but that, in every other article, the resemblance is perfect. Hence the adive may be only the jackal rendered smaller, feebler,

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noun a domesticated, smaller form of the jackal

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"adive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adive. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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"adive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adive.

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@misc{adive_2026,
  title = {adive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adive},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}