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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root describes someone or something that is stubborn, unyielding, and difficult to influence. It conveys a sense of inflexibility and resistance to guidance or justice.

Derived headwords

أَلْوَدadjective
  1. 1.
    stubbornclassical

    Describing a person who is stubborn, unyielding, and does not lean towards justice or truth, nor submits to commands.

  2. 2.
    stiff-neckedclassical

    Characterizing someone who is extremely stubborn and does not obey.

أَلْوَدadjective
  1. 1.
    thickclassical

    Used to describe the neck, implying thickness and perhaps a lack of flexibility.

عُنُقٌ أَلْوَد — a thick neck
لَوَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be stubbornclassical

    The verb form indicating the state of being stubborn, unyielding, and resistant to guidance.

لَوَدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    stubbornnessclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) representing the quality or act of being stubborn and unyielding.

أَلْوَدnoun
  1. 1.
    stubborn onesclassical

    The plural form of 'alwad', referring to a group of stubborn or unyielding people.

أَلْوَدnoun
  1. 1.
    stubbornnessclassical

    Another usage of the word 'alwad' referring to the quality of stubbornness itself.

Parallel reading

عُنُقٌ أَلْوَد
a thick neck
رَجُلٌ أَلْوَد: لَا يَكَادُ يَمِيلُ إِلَى عَدْلٍ وَلَا إِلَى حَقٍّ وَلَا يَنْقَادُ لِأَمْرٍ
A stubborn man: he scarcely inclines towards justice or truth, nor does he submit to command.
وَقَدْ لَوَدَ يَلُودُ لَوَدًا
And he was stubborn, being stubborn.
وَقَوْمٌ أَلْوَاد
And a stubborn people.
هَذِهِ كَلِمَةٌ نَادِرَة
This is a rare word.
أَسْكُتْ أَجْرَاسَ الْقُرُومِ الْأَلْوَاد
Silence the bells of the stubborn leaders.
الْأَلْوَدُ الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي لَا يُعْطِي طَاعَة
The stubborn one is the severe one who does not give obedience.
وَجَمْعُهُ أَلْوَاد
And its plural is 'alwad'.
أَغْلَبُ غَلَّابًا أَلَدَّ أَلْوَدَا
A strong, overpowering, stubborn one.