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حذو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 احتذى ذ He wore, or put on, a sandal, or sandals. (S, TA.) Hence the saying, خَيْرُ مَنِ ا@حْتَذَى النِّعَالَ [ The best of those who have worn sandals ]. (TA.) A rájiz says, كُلَّ الحِذَاآءِ يَحْتَذِى الحَافِى الوَقِعْ [ The barefooted whose sole is hurt by the rugged ground and stones will put on any sandal: a prov.]. (S. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 317.]) ― -b2- See also 1.

Derived headwords

احتذىverb
  1. 1.
خَيْرُ مَنِ
ا@حْتَذَى النِّعَالَ
كُلَّ الحِذَاآءِ يَحْتَذِى الحَافِى الوَقِعْ