خمد

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

The root خمد (khmd) primarily denotes a state of subsiding, quieting down, or becoming dormant, often related to fire, heat, or intense activity. It can extend to a cessation of life or movement, implying stillness and inactivity.

Derived headwords

خَمَدَتْverb

1.
fire subsidedboth
The flame of the fire died down, but its embers remained glowing.

تَخْمُدُverb

1.
fire subsidesboth
The flame of the fire dies down, but its embers remain glowing.

خُمُودًاnoun

1.
subsidenceboth
The state of a flame subsiding while embers remain.

هَمَدَتْverb

1.
embers died outboth
The embers of the fire were completely extinguished.

هُمُودًاnoun

1.
extinguishmentboth
The state of embers being completely extinguished.

أَخْمَدَverb

1.
extinguished fireboth
To cause one's fire to be extinguished.

نَارَهُnoun

1.
his fireboth
Referring to the fire belonging to a person.

خَامِدُونَadjective

1.
dormantboth
People who are quiet, whose presence is not heard, like extinguished embers.
2.
silentboth
In the context of the Quran, it means silent, dead, and like extinguished ash.

حِسًّاnoun

1.
soundboth
A sound or perceptible presence.

صِيحَةٌnoun

1.
cryboth
A loud shout or cry.

سَاكِتُونَadjective

1.
silentboth
People who are quiet and not speaking.

رَمَادٍnoun

1.
ashboth
The powdery residue left after burning.

هَامِدٍadjective

1.
extinguishedclassical
Completely extinguished, like ash.

الفَئِيدnoun

1.
embersclassical
Fire that has subsided at night to avoid attracting guests or passersby.

حَصِيدًاadjective

1.
reapedboth
Cut down and gathered, like harvested crops.

خَامِدِينَadjective

1.
dormantboth
Quiet, still, and inactive.

التَّنُّورِnoun

1.
ovenboth
An oven or furnace, used here as a measure for 'khumood'.

خَمَدَتِ الْحُمَّىverb

1.
fever subsidedboth
The fever's intensity or heat subsided.

فَوَرَانِهَاnoun

1.
its intensityboth
The boiling heat or intensity of the fever.

خَمَدَ الْمَرِيضُverb

1.
patient became unconsciousboth
The patient became unconscious or fell into a stupor.
2.
patient diedboth
The patient died.

مُخْمَدًاadjective

1.
stillboth
Quiet, motionless, and still.
2.
silentboth
Quiet and silent.

مُخْبِتًاadjective

1.
subduedclassical
Humble, submissive, or quiet.

مُخَلَّدًاadjective

1.
immortalclassical
Made immortal or everlasting (used metaphorically for stillness).

مُخْبِطًاadjective

1.
calmclassical
Calm, tranquil, or subdued.

مُسْبِطًاadjective

1.
tranquilclassical
Calm, tranquil, or at rest.

مُهْدِيًاadjective

1.
guidedclassical
Guided or led (used metaphorically for stillness).

سَاكِنًاadjective

1.
stillboth
Motionless and quiet.

يَتَحَرَّكُverb

1.
movesboth
To make a movement.

الْمُخْمِدُadjective

1.
the still oneboth
The one who is still and silent.

يَقْرُوverb

1.
approachesclassical
To approach or come near to.

وَطَّنَ نَفْسَهُverb phrase

1.
prepared himselfboth
To make oneself ready or accustomed to a situation.

Parallel reading

خمدت النار تخمد خمودا: سكن لهبها ولم يطفأ جمرها.

The fire subsided, subsiding with a subsidence: its flame quieted, but its embers were not extinguished.

وهمدت همودا إذا أطفئ جمرها البتة

And the embers died out with extinguishment if its embers were completely put out.

وأخمد فلان ناره.

And so-and-so extinguished his fire.

وقوم خامدون: لا تسمع لهم حسا

And a people are dormant: you hear no sound from them.

إن كانت إلا صيحة واحدة فإذا هم خامدون

It was not but one cry, and then they were suddenly extinguished/silent.

فإذا هم ساكتون قد ماتوا وصاروا بمنزلة الرماد الخامد الهامد

And then they were silent, dead, and became like extinguished, dormant ash.

وجدت أبي ربيعا لليتامى ... وللضيفان، إذ خمد الفئيد

I found my father a spring for the orphans... and for the guests, when the embers subsided.

حتى جعلناهم حصيدا خامدين

Until We made them like reaped, dormant (remnants).

والخمود على وزن التنور: موضع تدفن فيه النار حتى تخمد.

And 'al-khumood' (subsidence), on the pattern of 'al-tannoor' (oven): a place where fire is buried until it subsides.

وخمدت الحمى: سكن فورانها

And the fever subsided: its intensity quieted.

وخمد المريض: أغمي عليه أو مات.

And the patient became unconscious: he fainted or died.

تقول رأيته مخمدا ومخبتا ومخلدا ومخبطا ومسبطا ومهديا إذا رأيته ساكنا لا يتحرك.

You say: I saw him still, subdued, immortal, calm, tranquil, and guided, when you saw him still and not moving.

والمخمد: الساكن الساكت

And 'al-mukhmid': the still, the silent.

مثل الذي بالغيل يقرو مخمدا

Like him who at al-Baghil approaches a still one.

مخمد ساكن قد وطن نفسه على الأمر.

A still one, quiet, who has prepared himself for the matter.