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زءد

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being frightened, startled, or terrified. It describes the state of a person who is overcome with fear, often to the point of being stunned or bewildered.

Derived headwords

زَأَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to frightenboth

    To cause someone to become frightened or startled.

  2. 2.
    to startleboth

    To cause someone to be suddenly alarmed or surprised.

يَزْأَدُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it frightens himboth

    The present tense form indicating that something is causing fear or alarm to a person.

زَأْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    frightboth

    The state of being frightened or startled; terror.

زَأْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    frightboth

    The state of being frightened or startled; terror.

زُؤْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    frightboth

    The state of being frightened or startled; terror.

زُؤُودًاnoun
  1. 1.
    frightboth

    The state of being frightened or startled; terror.

زَئِدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be frightenedboth

    To experience fear or alarm; to be startled.

زُؤْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    frightboth

    The state of being frightened or startled; terror.

مَزْؤُودadjective
  1. 1.
    frightenedboth

    Describing someone who is terrified, panicked, or deeply alarmed.

  2. 2.
    terrifiedboth

    Overcome with extreme fear.

Parallel reading

زَأَدَهُ يَزْأَدُهُ زَأْدًا وَزُؤْدًا
He frightened him, frightening him with fright and terror.
وَزُؤْدًا
and terror.
أَيْ أَفْزَعَهُ
meaning, it frightened him.
وَقِيلَ: اسْتَخَفَّهُ
And it was said: it made him feel light-headed or foolish.
زَئِدَ الرَّجُلُ زُؤْدًا فَهُوَ مَزْؤُودٌ
The man became frightened with fright, and he is terrified.
أَيْ مَذْعُورٌ إِذَا فَزِعَ
meaning, panicked when he is frightened.
وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ: فَزَئِدَ
And in the Hadith: he became frightened.
أَيْ فَزِعَ
meaning, he was frightened.
وَسَئِفَ الرَّجُلُ سَأَفًا مِثْلُهُ
And the man became fearful with fear, similar to it.
وَهُوَ الزُّؤْدُ الزُّؤْدُ
And it is the fright, the fright.
يُضْحِي إِذَا الْعِيسُ أَدْرَكْنَا نِكَايَتَهَا، ... خَرْقَاءَ يَعْتَادُهَا الطُّوفَانُ وَالزُّؤْدُ
He becomes distressed when the camels, when we catch up to their pursuit, ... a foolish one whom the flood and terror habitually visit.