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الود

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to mountains and intense, prolonged rain. It also extends to the cessation or abatement of phenomena like rain or fever.

Derived headwords

الْوَتَدُnoun
  1. 1.
    mountainboth

    A well-known mountain.

تَشْتَكِرُverb
  1. 1.
    to rain intenselyclassical

    The rain intensifies and becomes heavy.

تَعْتَكِرُverb
  1. 1.
    to become turbidclassical

    The rain becomes turbid or muddy.

أَقْلَعَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to ceaseboth

    To stop or cease, referring to rain or fever.

طَهُرَverb
  1. 1.
    to become clearboth

    To become clean or clear, often after rain has stopped.

عَادَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to returnboth

    To come back or resume, referring to rain.

مَاطِرَةًadjective
  1. 1.
    rainingboth

    Describing rain that is falling.

أَرَاتْهُverb
  1. 1.
    to waterclassical

    To water or moisten something, referring to the effect of rain.

أَشْجَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to recedeclassical

    To move away, become distant, or cease, used for rain or fever.

نَأَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be distantboth

    To be far away or remote.

بَعُدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be farboth

    To be at a great distance.

إِثْغَامِهِnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy rainclassical

    The act of raining heavily or intensely.

الْحُمَّىnoun
  1. 1.
    feverboth

    A high body temperature, a symptom of illness.

Parallel reading

جبل معروف.
A well-known mountain.
وتشتكر: يشتد مطرها،
And it rains intensely: its rain becomes severe.
وفي التهذيب: تعتكر؛
And in Al-Tahdhib: it becomes turbid;
يقول: إذا أقلعت هذه الديمة طهر الوتد،
He says: when this downpour ceases, the mountain becomes clear,
فإذا عادت ماطرة وارته.
and when it returns raining, it waters it.
الأصمعي: أشجذ المطر منذ حين أي نأى وبعد وأقلع بعد إثجامه.
Al-Asma'i: The rain has receded for a while, meaning it has become distant, far, and ceased after its heavy downpour.
ويقال: أشجذت الحمى إذا أقلعت.
And it is said: the fever has receded when it has ceased.