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ضءضء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of origin, lineage, and foundation. It extends to encompass the idea of abundance and blessing derived from a good origin, and also includes specific, less common meanings like the sound of people and a type of bird.

Derived headwords

الضِّئْضِئnoun
  1. 1.
    origin, rootboth

    The fundamental source or foundation of something, its original stock or lineage.

  2. 2.
    descent, lineageboth

    The line of descent or ancestry from which someone or something originates.

  3. 3.
    abundance, blessingclassical

    A large quantity or proliferation, often with a connotation of blessing or prosperity, especially in offspring.

الضُّؤْضُؤnoun
  1. 1.
    origin, rootboth

    The fundamental source or foundation of something, its original stock or lineage.

  2. 2.
    descent, lineageboth

    The line of descent or ancestry from which someone or something originates.

ضِئْضِئِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    of origin, ancestralclassical

    Pertaining to the origin, lineage, or ancestry of someone or something.

ضِئْضِيءnoun
  1. 1.
    lineage, offspringclassical

    Refers to one's descendants or progeny, the offspring that come from a particular lineage.

الضَّأْضَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of people, clamorclassical

    The noise or din made by a gathering of people.

الضُّؤْضُؤnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of bird (likely the magpie)classical

    A specific type of bird, identified as the 'akhayyil' (magpie), though its authenticity is questioned.

Parallel reading

الضئضئ والضؤضؤ: الأصل والمعدن.
The ḍiʾḍiʾ and ḍuʾḍuʾ: the origin and the mine/source.
وجدتك في الضنء من ضئضئ، ... أحل الأكابر منه الصغارا
I found you in the lineage from a noble origin, ... the elders made the juniors permissible from it.
يخرج من ضئضئي هذا قوم يقرؤون القرآن لا يجاوز تراقيهم، يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهم من الرمية.
From my lineage will come forth a people who read the Quran, but it will not pass their throats; they will pass out of religion as an arrow passes through its target.
الضئضئ: الأصل.
The ḍiʾḍiʾ: the origin.
بأصل الضنو ضئضئه الأصيل
By the origin of the lineage, its authentic origin.
أنا من ضئضئ صدق، ... بخ وفي أكرم جذل
I am from a lineage of truthfulness, ... indeed, from the noblest stock.
يخرج من ضئضئي هذا أي من أصل ونسله.
He will come forth from my ḍiʾḍiʾ, meaning from my origin and my offspring.
غيران من ضئضئ أجمال غير
Jealous ones from a lineage of other camels.
تقول: ضئضئ صدق وضؤضؤ صدق.
You say: ḍiʾḍiʾ of truthfulness and ḍuʾḍuʾ of truthfulness.
وحكي: ضئضيء مثل قنديل؛ يريد أنه يخرج من نسله وعقبه.
And it is narrated: ḍiʾḍiʾ like qindīl; meaning he comes forth from his offspring and progeny.
ورواه بعضهم بالصاد المهملة وهو بمعناه.
And some of them narrated it with the unpointed Sād (ص), and it is with the same meaning.
أعطيت ناقة في سبيل الله، فأردت أن أشتري من نسلها، أو قال: من ضئضئها، فسألت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: دعها حتى تجيء يوم القيامة هي وأولادها في ميزانك.
I was given a she-camel in the path of God, and I wanted to buy from its offspring, or he said: from its lineage, so I asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, and he said: Leave it until it comes on the Day of Resurrection, it and its offspring, in your scale.
والضئضئ: كثرة النسل وبركته، وضئضئ الضأن من ذلك.
And the ḍiʾḍiʾ: abundance of offspring and its blessing, and the ḍiʾḍiʾ of sheep is from that.
الضأضاء صوت الناس، وهو الضوضاء.
The ḍaʾḍāʾ is the sound of people, and it is the ḍawḍāʾ (clamor).
والضؤضؤ: هذا الطائر الذي يسمى الأخيل.
And the ḍuʾḍuʾ: this bird which is called the magpie.
ولا أدري ما صحته.
And I do not know its authenticity.