عدس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root 'عدس' primarily relates to forceful treading, hard work, and rapid movement, often in the context of travel or pursuit. It also extends to a type of grain, a deadly pustule, and is used as a name for a donkey/mule and as a tribal name.

Derived headwords

العَدْسnoun

1.
lentilsboth
A type of grain, with 'عدسة' being the singular form. It is also known by other names like 'العلس' and 'البلس'.
2.
forceful treadingclassical
Intense pressing or treading upon the ground.
3.
hard workclassical
Toil and strenuous effort.

عَدَسَverb

1.
to tread forcefullyclassical
To tread heavily or forcefully upon the ground.
2.
to toilclassical
To exert oneself with hard work.
3.
to go/travelclassical
To move or travel across the land.

عَدَسًاmasdar

1.
forceful treadingclassical
The act of treading forcefully upon the ground.
2.
toilclassical
The act of hard work and exertion.
3.
going/travelingclassical
The act of moving or traveling across the land.

عَدَسَانًاmasdar

1.
going/travelingclassical
The act of moving or traveling across the land.

عَدُوسًاmasdar

1.
going/travelingclassical
The act of moving or traveling across the land.

مَعْدُوسparticiple

1.
pursuedclassical
One who is moved towards or pursued, especially by fate or death.

عَدُوسadjective

1.
strong travelerclassical
Describing someone or something (like a camel) that is strong and capable of traveling long distances at night.

العَدَسَةnoun

1.
pustuleclassical
A deadly boil or pustule, resembling the lentil seed, that appears like the plague and is often fatal.

عَدَسname

1.
name for a muleclassical
A name given to a mule, possibly derived from the sound used to urge them on.
2.
name of a manclassical
A personal name.
3.
tribal nameclassical
The name of a tribe or a branch of a tribe.

حَدَسَverb

1.
to go/travelclassical
To move or travel across the land.
2.
to urge on (mules)classical
To urge on or drive mules.

حَدْسًاmasdar

1.
going/travelingclassical
The act of moving or traveling across the land.

عَدَسother

1.
exclamation for mulesclassical
An exclamation or call used to urge on mules.

عَدَس بن زيدname

1.
personal nameclassical
A specific personal name, distinguished by the pronunciation of 'عدس' with a damma.

زُرَارَة بن عَدَسname

1.
personal nameclassical
A personal name, where 'عدس' is pronounced with a damma.

Parallel reading

العدس، بسكون الدال: شدة الوطء على الأرض والكدح أيضا.

Al-'adas, with a sukun on the dal: intense treading on the ground and also toil.

وعدس الرجل يعدس عدسا وعدسانا وعدوسا وعدس وحدس يحدس: ذهب في الأرض؛

And the man went 'adas, ya'disu 'adasan, 'adasanan, 'adusaan, and 'adas and hadasa yahdisu: he went in the land;

يقال: عدست به المنية؛

It is said: Death pursued him;

أخا الليل معدوسا إلي وعادسا

A companion of the night, pursued towards me and traveling.

ورجل عدوس الليل: قوي على السرى، وكذلك الأنثى بغير هاء، يكون في الناس والإبل؛

And a man 'adus al-layl: strong for night travel, and likewise a female without ha, found among people and camels;

لقد ولدت غسان ثالثة الشوى، ... عدوس السرى، لا يقبل الكرم جيدها

Ghassan has given birth to a third of the lame, ... a strong night traveler, whose good parts do not accept generosity

والعدس: من الحبوب، واحدته عدسة، ويقال له العلس والعدس والبلس.

And lentils: from the grains, its singular is 'adasah, and it is also called 'alas, 'adas, and 'alas.

والعدسة: بثرة قاتلة تخرج كالطاعون وقلما يسلم منها، وقد عدس.

And 'adasah: a deadly pustule that emerges like the plague and from which one rarely escapes, and he has contracted it.

أن أبا لهب رماه الله بالعدسة ؛

That Abu Lahab, may Allah strike him with the 'adasah;

هي بثرة تشبه العدسة تخرج في مواضع من الجسد من جنس الطاعون تقتل صاحبها غالبا.

It is a pustule resembling the 'adasah that appears in various parts of the body, of the plague type, often killing its owner.

وعدس وحدس: زجر للبغال، والعامة تقول: عد؛

And 'adas and hadas: an urging for mules, and the common people say: 'ad;

ألا ليت شعري، هل أقولن لبغلتي: ... عدس بعد ما طال السفار وكلت؟

Oh, I wish I knew, shall I say to my mule: ... 'Adas after the journey has been long and she is tired?

فالله بيني وبين كل أخ ... يقول: أجذم، وقائل: عدسا أجذم: زجر للفرس، وعدس: اسم من أسماء البغال؛

So Allah is between me and every brother ... who says: Ajdham, and one who says: 'Adasan. Ajdham: an urging for horses, and 'adas: a name among the names of mules;

إذا حملت بزتي على عدس، ... على التي بين الحمار والفرس، فلا أبالي من غزا أو من جلس

If I load my baggage on an 'adas, ... on that which is between the donkey and the horse, I do not care who attacks or who sits.

وقيل: سمت العرب البغل عدسا بالزجر وسببه لا أنه اسم له، وأصل عدس في الزجر فلما كثر في كلامهم وفهم أنه زجر له سمي به،

And it is said: The Arabs named the mule 'adas from the urging and its cause, not that it is its name, and the origin of 'adas is in urging, so when it became frequent in their speech and understood as an urging for it, it was named so,

وكان البغل إذا سمع باسم حدس طار فرقا فلهج الناس بذلك، والمعروف عند الناس عدس؛

And the mule, when it heard the name hadas, would fly in fear, so people became accustomed to that, and what is known among people is 'adas;

فقال: عدس، ما لعباد عليك إمارة، ... نجوت وهذا تحملين طليق

So he said: 'Adas, you have no authority over 'Abbad, ... you have escaped and this one you carry is free

أتغضب أن يقال: أبوك عف، ... وترضى أن يقال: أبوك زاني؟

Would you be angry if it is said: Your father is chaste, ... and would you be pleased if it is said: Your father is an adulterer?

وأشهد أن رحمك من زياد ... كرحم الفيل من ولد الأتان

And I bear witness that your lineage from Ziyad ... is like the lineage of an elephant from the offspring of a female donkey

فأشهد أن رحمك من زياد ... كرحم الفيل من ولد الأتان

So I bear witness that your lineage from Ziyad ... is like the lineage of an elephant from the offspring of a female donkey

فغضب معاوية على عبد الرحمن بن الحكم وقطع عنه عطاءه.

So Mu'awiyah became angry with Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hakam and cut off his stipend.