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مدح

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of praise, commendation, and positive recognition. It encompasses the act of praising, the state of being praised, and the content of praise, often contrasted with its opposite, defamation or satire. Derived terms also extend to boasting and, metaphorically, to expansion or fullness.

Derived headwords

المَدْحnoun
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    praiseboth

    The act of commending or lauding someone; the opposite of satire or defamation.

مَدَحْتُهُverb
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    to praiseboth

    To commend, laud, or extol someone.

يَمْدَحُهُverb
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    to praiseboth

    He praises him; present tense of the verb 'to praise'.

مَدْحًاnoun
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    praiseboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) indicating the act of praising.

مَدْحَةnoun
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    a praiseboth

    A single instance or occasion of praise.

مَدْحnoun
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    praisesboth

    The plural of 'madhah', referring to instances of praise.

المَدِيحnoun
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    praiseboth

    The content of praise, often referring to poetry or verses of commendation.

المَدَائِحnoun
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    praisesboth

    Plural of 'al-madīḥ', referring to poems or sayings of praise.

الأَمَادِيحnoun
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    praisesclassical

    An irregular plural of 'al-madīḥ', referring to poems or sayings of praise.

تَسْمِيحnoun
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    fleeingclassical

    The act of running away or escaping.

المَدَائِحnoun
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    praised poemsboth

    Plural of 'al-madīḥ', specifically referring to poems in which someone is praised.

المَدْحَةnoun
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    a praiseboth

    A single instance or occasion of praise, similar to 'madhah'.

الأَمْدُوحَةnoun
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    a praiseboth

    A single piece or instance of praise, often in poetic form.

مَادِحadjective
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    praisingboth

    One who praises; an active participle of the verb 'madaha'.

مَدْحnoun
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    praisesboth

    A group or category of people who praise.

مَدِيحnoun
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    praisesboth

    A group or category of people who are praised.

مَمْدُوحadjective
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    praisedboth

    One who is praised; the passive participle of the verb 'madaha'.

تَمَدَّحَverb
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    to pretend to be praisedboth

    To make an effort to be praised or to appear praiseworthy.

مُمَدَّحadjective
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    highly praisedboth

    Extremely praiseworthy or greatly praised.

مَدَحَverb
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    to praiseclassical

    To praise someone, specifically for those who offer praise.

اِمْتَدَحَverb
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    to praiseboth

    To praise someone; a form of the verb 'madaha'.

تَمَدَّحَverb
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    to boastboth

    To boast about something one does not possess; to exaggerate one's own merits.

يَتَمَدَّحُverb
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    to praise oneselfboth

    To praise oneself or commend oneself; to speak highly of oneself.

المَمَادِحnoun
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    praisesclassical

    The opposite of 'maqābiḥ' (faults or disgraces); refers to praiseworthy qualities or actions.

اِمْتَدَحَتْverb
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    to become wideclassical

    The land became wide or spacious; a metaphorical use.

تَمَدَّحَتْverb
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    to become wideclassical

    The land became wide or spacious; similar to 'imtadaḥat'.

اِمْتَدَحَverb
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    to become wideclassical

    His belly became wide or distended; a variant of 'indahaḥa'.

تَمَدَّحَتْverb
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    to become wideclassical

    The flanks of the cattle became wide with fullness or fatness.

تَمَدَّحَتْverb
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    to become wideclassical

    The flanks of the cattle became wide with fullness or fatness; variant with 'dhal'.

Parallel reading

المدح: نقيض الهجاء وهو حسن الثناء
Praise: the opposite of satire, and it is good commendation.
يقال: مدحته مدحة واحدة
It is said: I praised him with a single praise.
والصحيح أن المدح المصدر، والمدحة الاسم
And the correct view is that 'al-madḥ' is the مصدر (verbal noun), and 'al-madḥah' is the noun.
وهو المديح والجمع المدائح والأماديح
And it is 'al-madīḥ', and its plural is 'al-madā'iḥ' and 'al-amādīḥ'.
لو أن مدحة حي أنشرت أحدا
If the praise of a living person could bring someone back to life,
أحيا أباكن، يا ليلى، الأماديح
The praises, O Layla, would have revived your fathers.
والمدائح: جمع المديح من الشعر الذي مدح به كالمدحة والأمدوحة
And 'al-madā'iḥ': the plural of 'al-madīḥ' from poetry with which one is praised, like 'al-madḥah' and 'al-amḍūḥah'.
ورجل مادح من قوم مدح ومديح ممدوح
And a man is a 'mādiḥ' (praiser) from a people of 'madḥ' (praises) and 'madīḥ' (praised ones).
وتمدح الرجل: تكلف أن يمدح
And a man 'tamaddaḥa': he made an effort to be praised.
وتمدح الرجل بما ليس عنده: تشبع وافتخر
And a man 'tamaddaḥa' with what he does not have: he boasted and was proud.
ويقال: فلان يتمدح إذا كان يقرظ نفسه ويثني عليها
And it is said: So-and-so 'yatamaddaḥu' if he is praising himself and commending himself.
والممادح: ضد المقابح
And 'al-mamādiḥ': the opposite of 'al-maqābiḥ' (disgraces).
وامتدحت الأرض وتمدحت: اتسعت
And the land 'imtadaḥat' and 'tamaddaḥat': it became wide.
امدح بطنه: لغة في اندح أي اتسع
'Imdaḥa' his belly: a variant pronunciation for 'indahaḥa', meaning it became wide.
وتمدحت خواصر الماشية: اتسعت شبعا مثل تندحت
And the flanks of the cattle 'tamaddaḥat': they became wide with fullness, like 'tandahaḥat'.
فلما سقيناها العكيس، تمدحت ... خواصرها، وازداد رشحا وريدها
So when we gave it to drink the 'ʿukays', its flanks became wide, and its veins increased in flow.