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كذذ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes soft, porous, or crumbly stones, often with a whitish hue. It also extends to the concept of a place characterized by such stones.

Derived headwords

الكِذَانnoun
  1. 1.
    soft stonesboth

    Stones that are soft, porous, and crumbly, sometimes described as being whitish.

  2. 2.
    porous earthclassical

    A place or land characterized by soft, porous stones.

كِذَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soft stone (sg.)both

    A single piece of soft, porous stone.

أَكْذَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to become situated in soft groundclassical

    A people or group became situated in a place characterized by soft, porous stones.

Parallel reading

الكذان، بالفتح، حجارة كأنها المدر فيها رخاوة وربما كانت نخرة
Al-kidhan (with fatha) are stones that resemble clods of earth, possessing softness and sometimes being porous.
الواحدة كذانة
The singular form is kidhana.
الكذان الحجارة الرخوة النخرة
Al-kidhan are soft, porous stones.
أكذ القوم إكذاذا صاروا في كذان من الأرض
A people became situated thusly when they ended up in a land of soft stones.
ترامى بكذان الإكام ومروها
It was tossed about by the soft stones of the hills and their gravel.
فوجدوا هذا الكذان
And they found these soft stones.
فقالوا: ما هذه البصرة الكذان؟
And they said: What is this Basra of soft stones?
والبصرة حجارة رخوة إلى البياض
And al-basra refers to soft stones tending towards white.