كهد

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of moving quickly, often with effort or urgency. It extends to meanings of trembling, persistence in seeking, and causing exhaustion.

Derived headwords

كَهَدَverb

1.
to hastenboth
To move quickly or speed up, especially in walking.
2.
to persistclassical
To be insistent or persistent in a request or pursuit.

كَهْدًاnoun

1.
hasteningboth
The act of hastening or moving quickly.

كَاوَهَدَverb

1.
to trembleclassical
To tremble or shake, especially due to old age or being a young bird seeking its mother.

اكْهَدَverb

1.
to make trembleclassical
To cause someone or something to tremble or shake.
2.
to exhaustboth
To cause someone to become exhausted or weary.

اكْوِهَدَادًاnoun

1.
tremblingclassical
The act of trembling or shaking, particularly of a young bird returning to its mother.

مُكْهَدnoun

1.
exhausted oneboth
A person or animal that has been made tired or exhausted.
2.
male donkeyclassical
A male donkey, specifically an ass.

كُوَاهِدadjective

1.
fastclassical
Describing hands that are fast or quick.

كُهْدnoun

1.
exhaustionboth
A state of being exhausted or weary, similar to 'juhd'.

أكْهَدَverb

1.
to exhaustboth
To make someone tired or weary through continuous effort or pursuit.

كُهْدَةnoun

1.
exhaustionboth
A state of extreme tiredness or exhaustion.

Parallel reading

كهد في المشي كهدا: أسرع.

He hastened in his walk, a hastening: he sped up.

وشيخ كوهد: يرعش من الكبر، وقد اكوهد الشيخ والفرخ إذا ارتعد.

And an old man is 'kawhad': trembling from old age, and the old man and the chick become 'akwahad' if they tremble.

كهد الحمار كهدانا أي عدا

The donkey hastened, a hastening: meaning it ran.

وأكهدته أنا.

And I made it hasten/exhausted.

اكوهد الفرخ اكوهدادا، وهو ارتعاده إلى أمه لتزقه.

The chick trembled a trembling, which is its returning to its mother to be fed.

وكهد إذا ألح في الطلب.

And he hastened/persisted if he was insistent in the pursuit.

وأكهد صاحبه إذا أتعبه؛

And he exhausted his companion if he tired him out;

موقعة ببياض الركود، ... كهود اليدين مع المكهد أراد بكهود اليدين الأتان، وبالمكهد العير.

A battle with the whiteness of stillness, ... 'kuhud al-yadayn' with 'al-mukhad'. He intended by 'kuhud al-yadayn' the she-ass, and by 'al-mukhad' the male ass.

كهود اليدين: سريعة.

'Kuhud al-yadayn': fast.

والمكهد: المتعب.

And 'al-mukhad': the one who is tired/exhausted.

ويقال: أصابه جهد وكهد.

And it is said: exhaustion and weariness afflicted him.

ولقيني كاهدا قد أعيا ومكهدا [مكهدا]؛

And he met me hastening, having become weary and exhausted;

وقد كهد وأكهد وكده وأكده كل ذلك إذا أجهده الدؤوب.

And he hastened, and was made to hasten, and was exhausted, and was made to exhaust; all of that is when continuous effort exhausted him.