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كرد

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of driving away, repelling, and pushing. It extends to meanings of chasing, warding off, and forcefully moving something or someone. Additionally, it encompasses terms for the neck, a specific posture, and a group of people.

Derived headwords

كَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to drive awayboth

    To push, expel, or drive someone or something away forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to repelclassical

    To ward off or keep away an enemy, especially in a military charge.

  3. 3.
    to deterclassical

    To dissuade someone from a course of action or opinion.

كَرْدnoun
  1. 1.
    driving awayclassical

    The act of expelling or driving away.

  2. 2.
    neckboth

    The part of the body connecting the head to the torso; the throat.

  3. 3.
    postureclassical

    The position of the head resting on the neck, described as a Persian loanword.

  4. 4.
    backsideclassical

    The anus or posterior, also a Persian loanword.

  5. 5.
    farmlandclassical

    Cultivated land or fields, a Persian loanword.

مَكْرَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pursuitclassical

    The act of chasing or pursuing.

كَرْدname
  1. 1.
    Kurdboth

    A well-known group of people, often referred to as Kurds.

أَكْرَادnoun
  1. 1.
    Kurdsboth

    The plural form for the people known as Kurds.

كُرْدِيدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large date clusterclassical

    A large cluster or bunch of dates.

  2. 2.
    date bunchclassical

    A large quantity of dates.

كُرْدِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    dates at the bottomclassical

    The remaining dates at the bottom sides of a date bunch.

كُرُودnoun
  1. 1.
    anusesclassical

    The plural of 'kard' when referring to the posterior or anus.

كَرْدَنَهnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neckclassical

    The back of the neck or the nape.

كَرْدَهnoun
  1. 1.
    nape of the neckclassical

    The back of the neck or the nape.

كَرْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    drivingclassical

    The act of driving or pushing.

كَرْدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    driving awayclassical

    The act of repelling or driving away.

كَرَدَهُمverb
  1. 1.
    he drove them awayboth

    Past tense verb form indicating he pushed or drove them away.

يَكْرُدُهُمverb
  1. 1.
    he drives them awayboth

    Present tense verb form indicating he pushes or drives them away.

كَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to drive awayboth

    To push, expel, or drive someone or something away forcefully.

كَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to repelclassical

    To ward off or keep away an enemy, especially in a military charge.

كَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to deterclassical

    To dissuade someone from a course of action or opinion.

Parallel reading

الكرد: الطرد.
Al-kurd: driving away.
والمكاردة: المطاردة.
And al-makāradah: the pursuit.
كردهم يكردهم كردا: ساقهم وطردهم ودفعهم، وخص بعضهم بالكرد سوق العدو في الحملة.
He drove them away, he drives them away, driving away: he made them march, drove them away, and pushed them; and some specified 'al-kard' as making the enemy march in a campaign.
جعل المغيرة بن الأخنس يحمل عليهم ويكردهم بسيفه أي يكفهم ويطردهم.
Al-Mughirah ibn al-Akhnas began to charge against them and drive them away with his sword, meaning he held them back and repelled them.
كان هذا المتكلم كرد القوم قال لا والله أي صرفهم عن رأيهم وردهم عنه.
This speaker deterred the people, saying 'No, by God,' meaning he turned them away from their opinion and dissuaded them from it.
الكرد: العنق، وقيل: الكرد لغة في القرد وهو مجثم الرأس على العنق، فارسي معرب؛
Al-kurd: the neck; and it was said: Al-kurd is a variant pronunciation for al-qard, which is the resting of the head on the neck, a Persian loanword.
فطار بمشحوذ الحديدة صارم، ... فطبق ما بين الذؤابة والكرد
So a sharp sword flew with its sharpened edge, ... and it severed the space between the forelock and the neck.
وكنا إذا الجبار صعر خده، ... ضربناه دون الأنثيين على الكرد
And when the arrogant one turned his cheek aside, ... we struck him below the testicles on the neck.
والأنثيين هنا: الأذنين.
And 'al-unthayayn' here refers to the ears.
والحقيقة في الكرد، أنه أصل العنق.
And the reality of 'al-kurd' is that it is the base of the neck.
والله لا أقعد حتى تضربوا كرده أي عنقه؛
By God, I will not sit down until you strike his neck, meaning his throat.
يا رب بدل قربه ببعده، ... واضرب بحد السيف عظم كرده
O Lord, change his closeness to distance, ... and strike with the edge of the sword the bone of his neck.
خذ بقردنه وكردنه وكرده أي بقفاه.
Take him by his nape, his nape, and his neck, meaning by his nape.
والكرد: الدبرة، فارسي أيضا، والجمع كرود، والكردة كالكرد.
And al-kurd: the anus, also Persian, and its plural is kurūd, and al-kurda is like al-kurd.
والكرد، بالضم: جيل من الناس معروف، والجمع أكراد؛
And al-kurd, with dammah: a known group of people, and the plural is akrād;
لعمرك ما كرد من ابناء فارس، ... ولكنه كرد بن عمرو بن عامر .
By your life, he is not a Kurd from the sons of Fars, ... but rather he is Kurd ibn Amr ibn Amer.
والكرديدة: القطعة العظيمة من التمر، وهي أيضا جلة التمر؛
And al-kurdīdah: the large cluster of dates, and it is also a bunch of dates;
أفلح من كانت له كرديده، ... يأكل منها وهو ثان جيده
Successful is he who has his cluster of dates, ... eating from it while bowing his neck.
وأبلغت كرديدة وفدره، من تمرها واعلوطت بسحره
And I reached a large date cluster and its surrounding, from its dates, and I ate in the early morning.
والكرديد، بالكسر، ما يبقى في أسفل الجلة من جانبيها من التمر، والجمع الكراديد؛
And al-kurīd, with kasrah, is what remains at the bottom sides of the bunch of dates, and the plural is al-karādīd;
القاعدات فلا ينفعن ضيفكم، ... والآكلات بقيات الكراديد
The sitters, they do not benefit your guest, ... and the eaters are the remnants of the date bunches.
والكرد: المشارة من المزارع، ويجمع كردا.
And al-kurd: the cultivated land from farms, and its plural is kurdan.