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دعد

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a proper name, 'Da'd', a woman's name. It also encompasses related terms for the pluralization of this name and descriptive elements associated with the lifestyle of women, particularly in contrast to the perceived hardship of nomadic life.

Derived headwords

دَعْدname
  1. 1.
    woman's nameboth

    A proper name for a woman, well-known.

دَعْدَاتname
  1. 1.
    plural of Da'dclassical

    The plural form of the woman's name, Da'd.

أَدْعَدname
  1. 1.
    plural of Da'dclassical

    Another plural form of the woman's name, Da'd.

دُعُودname
  1. 1.
    plural of Da'dclassical

    A further plural form of the woman's name, Da'd.

التَّلَفُّعnoun
  1. 1.
    wrapping oneselfclassical

    The act of wrapping oneself with a garment, as was the custom of Bedouin women.

العُلَبnoun
  1. 1.
    leather cupsclassical

    Cups made of leather, used for milking and drinking milk. The singular is 'ulbah.

Parallel reading

يا دار أقوت بجانب اللبب، ... بين تلاع العقيق فالكثب
O dwelling, desolate beside the mound... between the ravines of al-'Aqiq and the hills.
حيث استقرت نواهم، فسقوا ... صوب غمام مجلجل لجب
Where their tents were pitched, and they were watered... by the downpour of a rumbling, loud cloud.
لم تتلفع بفضل مئزرها ... دعد، ولم تغذ دعد بالعلب
Da'd did not wrap herself with the excess of her waist-wrapper, nor was Da'd nourished by the leather cups.
التلفع: الاشتمال بالثوب كلبسة نساء الأعراب
Al-talaffu': Wrapping oneself with a garment, like the dress of Bedouin women.
والعلب: أقداح من جلود، الواحد علبة، يحلب فيه اللبن ويشرب
And al-'ulab: cups made of leather, the singular is 'ulbah, in which milk is milked and drunk.
أي ليست دعد هذه ممن تشتمل بثوبها وتشرب اللبن بالعلبة كنساء الأعراب الشقيات، ولكنها ممن نشأ في نعمة وكسي أحسن كسوة.
Meaning, this Da'd is not one of those who wrap themselves in their garments and drink milk from leather cups like the unfortunate Bedouin women, but rather she is one who grew up in prosperity and was clothed in the finest attire.
يقال لأم خبين دعد
It is said that Umm Khubbayn is called Da'd.