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حوض

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root حوض (ḥawḍ) primarily relates to the concept of collecting and gathering, especially water. It extends to the physical structure that holds water (a basin or pond) and metaphorically to a gathering place or a protective enclosure. The root also encompasses actions related to forming or tending to such structures and figuratively to surrounding or dealing with a matter.

Derived headwords

حَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to collect, gatherboth

    To gather and collect water or other things.

حَوْضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    gathering, collectingclassical

    The act of gathering and collecting, used as a verbal noun.

حَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to surround, encloseboth

    To surround, enclose, or protect something.

حَوَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a basinclassical

    To construct or make a basin or reservoir for water.

اِسْتَحَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, accumulateclassical

    Water or other substances gathering or accumulating.

  2. 2.
    to make a basin for oneselfclassical

    To create a basin or enclosure for oneself.

اِسْتَحْوِضَverb
  1. 1.
    to gather, accumulateclassical

    Water gathering or accumulating.

  2. 2.
    to make a basin for oneselfclassical

    To create a basin or enclosure for oneself.

حَوْضnoun
  1. 1.
    basin, pondboth

    A place where water collects, a basin, pond, or reservoir.

  2. 2.
    gathering placeboth

    A place where people or things gather.

  3. 3.
    The Pool (Prophet's)classical

    The Prophet Muhammad's Pool on the Day of Judgment, from which believers will drink.

أَحْوَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    basins, pondsboth

    Plural of حوض (ḥawḍ), referring to basins, ponds, or reservoirs.

حِيَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    basins, pondsboth

    Another plural of حوض (ḥawḍ), referring to basins, ponds, or reservoirs.

تَحْوِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    making a basinclassical

    The act of making or constructing a basin.

اِحْتِيَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    making a basinclassical

    The act of making or taking a basin.

مُحْتَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    one who makes a basinclassical

    Someone who makes or takes a basin.

مَحَاوِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    basins for treesclassical

    Structures made around a tree, like a basin, to help it drink.

  2. 2.
    place called a basinclassical

    A place that is called a basin or reservoir.

حَوَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to surround, go aroundclassical

    To go around or surround something, similar to 'aḥūṭu'.

حَوْضَىname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

حَوْضَاءname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location between Wadi al-Qura and Tabuk.

أَحَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to surround, encompassboth

    To surround, encompass, or comprehend something.

أَحُوطُverb
  1. 1.
    to surround, go aroundclassical

    To go around or surround something, used interchangeably with 'aḥūḍu'.

Parallel reading

حاض الماء وغيره حوضا وحوضه: حاطه وجمعه.
Water and other things collected (ḥāḍa) and gathered (ḥawḍan), and he collected it (ḥawḍahu): he surrounded it and gathered it.
وحضت أحوض: اتخذت حوضا.
And I made a basin (ḥawḍtu), I make basins (aḥūḍu): I took a basin.
واستحوض الماء: اجتمع.
And the water gathered (istaḥawḍa): it accumulated.
والحوض: مجتمع الماء معروف، والجمع أحواض وحياض.
And the basin (al-ḥawḍ): is the known gathering place of water, and the plural is aḥwāḍ and ḥiyāḍ.
وحوض الرسول، صلى الله عليه وسلم: الذي يسقي منه أمته يوم القيامة.
And the Basin of the Messenger, peace be upon him: is that from which he will give his nation to drink on the Day of Resurrection.
سقاك الله بحوض الرسول ومن حوضه.
May God give you to drink from the Basin of the Messenger and from his Basin.
والتحويض: عمل الحوض.
And al-taḥwīḍ: is the making of the basin.
والاحتياض: اتخاذه؛ عن ثعلب؛
And al-iḥtiyāḍ: is taking it (making a basin); according to Tha'lab;
كمحتاض على ظهر السراب
like one who makes a basin upon the back of a mirage
واستحوض الماء: اتخذ لنفسه حوضا.
And he made a basin for himself (istaḥawḍa al-mā'): he took a basin for himself.
وحوض الموت: مجتمعه، على المثل، والجمع كالجمع.
And the basin of death (ḥawḍ al-mawt): is its gathering place, by way of metaphor, and the plural is like the plural (of basin).
والمحوض، بالتشديد: شيء يجعل للنخلة كالحوض يشرب منه.
And al-muḥawḍ, with shadda: is something made for a palm tree like a basin from which it drinks.
جعلت تحوضه أي تجعله حوضا يجتمع فيه الماء.
she made it into a basin (taḥūḍuhu), meaning she made it a basin where water collects.
والمحوض ما يصنع حوالي الشجرة على شكل الشربة؛
And al-muḥawḍ is what is made around a tree in the shape of a drinking basin;
أنا أحوض حول ذلك الأمر أي أدور حوله مثل أحوط.
I go around that matter (aḥūḍu ḥawla dhālika al-amr), meaning I go around it like I go around (aḥūṭu).
والمحوض: الموضع الذي يسمى حوضا.
And al-muḥawḍ: is the place that is called a basin.
من وحش حوضى يراعي الصيد منتبذا،
from the wild beasts of Ḥawḍā, watching for prey, isolated,
جآذر حوضى من عيون البراقع
gazelles of Ḥawḍā from the eyes of the veils
أو ذي وشوم بحوضى بات منكرسا،
or one marked with tattoos in Ḥawḍā who spent the night fallen,
وهو موضع بين وادي القرى وتبوك نزله سيدنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، حين سار إلى تبوك؛
and it is a place between Wadi al-Qura and Tabuk where our master, the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, descended when he marched to Tabuk;
إني لأدور حول ذلك الأمر وأحوض وأحوط حوله بمعنى واحد.
Indeed, I go around that matter, and I go around it (aḥūḍu) and I go around it (aḥūṭu) with one meaning.