مضض

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes sensations of burning, stinging, or intense pain, often associated with emotional distress or physical irritation. It extends to meanings of enduring hardship, expressing negation, and the act of rinsing or moving liquid in the mouth.

Derived headwords

مَضَّverb

1.
to burn, stingboth
To cause a burning or stinging sensation, often used for pain or irritation.
2.
to pain, hurtboth
To cause pain or suffering, whether physical or emotional.
3.
to move liquid in mouthboth
To move water or liquid around in the mouth, often before spitting it out.
4.
to express 'no'classical
To utter a sound or gesture indicating negation or refusal, sometimes with a hint of desire.

ومضضت منه: ألمت — And I felt pain from it: I was pained

ومض الكحل العين يمضها وأمضها — And kohl burned the eye, it burned it and stung it

وتمضمض في وضوئه — And he moved the water around in his mouth during his ablution

فقالت: مض — So she said: 'No'

مَضَّنِيverb

1.
to pain meboth
To cause me pain, suffering, or distress.

والهم يمضني الهم والحزن والقول يمضني مضا ومضيضا وأمضني: أحرقني وشق علي — And worry pains me, grief and sadness and speech pains me, with pain and stinging, and it burned me and was hard on me

يا نفس، صبرا على ما كان من مضض، إذ لم أجد لفضول القول أقرانا — O soul, be patient with what has been of pain, as I have found no equals for excessive speech

أَمْضَضْتُverb

1.
to pain meboth
To cause me pain, suffering, or distress.
2.
to make difficultclassical
To make something arduous or difficult to endure.

وأمضني الجرح إمضاضا: آلمني وأوجعني — And the wound pained me greatly: it hurt me and caused me agony

أمضني هذا الأمر — This matter caused me hardship

مَضِيضnoun

1.
stinging painboth
A sharp, stinging, or burning pain.
2.
hardshipclassical
Difficulty, suffering, or arduousness.

من الحلوء صادق الإمضاض — Of the sweet, truthful in its stinging

وقد مضضت يا رجل منه، بالكسر، تمض مضضا ومضيضا ومضاضة — And you have felt pain from it, O man, with a kasra, you feel pain, with pain and stinging and great pain

مَضْمَضَةnoun

1.
rinsing mouthboth
The act of moving water around in the mouth, typically as part of ritual purification or cleaning.

والمضمضة: تحريك الماء في الفم — And al-madhmadhah: moving the water in the mouth

ولا تذوقوا النوم إلا غرارا ومضمضة — And do not taste sleep except as a sip and a rinse

مَضْمَضَverb

1.
to rinse mouthboth
To move water around in the mouth.
2.
to stir, moveboth
To stir or move something, like liquid in a container.
3.
to creep in (sleep)classical
Used to describe sleep gradually affecting someone.

وتمضمض في وضوئه — And he moved the water around in his mouth during his ablution

ومضمض إناءه — And he stirred his container

إذا الكرى في عينه تمضمضا — When drowsiness crept into his eyes

مَضَاضnoun

1.
burning sensationboth
A strong burning or stinging sensation.
2.
intensely salty waterclassical
Water that is unbearably salty.

وكحل مض: يمض العين، ومضيضه حرقته — And mad kohl: it burns the eye, and its mad quality is its burning

وهو الماء الذي لا يطاق ملوحة — It is water whose saltiness cannot be endured

مَضَّاضname

1.
name of a manclassical
A proper name for a male individual.

ومضاض: اسم رجل — And Madhadh: the name of a man

مَضَّةadjective

1.
sensitive, delicateclassical
A woman who is easily affected or hurt by unpleasant things.

ومرأة مضة: لا تحتمل شيئا يسوءها كأن ذلك يمضها — And a sensitive woman: she cannot bear anything that displeases her, as if it pains her

البيضاء البضة الخفرة المضة — The white, pure, shy, sensitive one

مَضْمَاضnoun

1.
sleepclassical
A state of sleep.
2.
quick, agile manclassical
A man who is light and fast.

وما مضمضت عيني بنوم أي ما نامت — And my eyes did not experience sleep, meaning they did not sleep

يترك كل هوجل نغاض فردا، وكل معض مضماض — Leaving every tall, moving one alone, and every agile, quick one

مَضْمَضverb

1.
to sleep soundlyclassical
To sleep for a long duration.

ومضمض: نام نوما طويلا — And madhmadh: he slept a long sleep

مَضَاضَةnoun

1.
great painboth
Intense pain or suffering.

مَضْمَضَاضnoun

1.
sleepclassical
Sleep, especially a deep or prolonged state.

وما مضمضت عيني بنوم — And my eyes did not experience sleep

مَضَاضnoun

1.
strife, conflictclassical
Disputes and conflicts between people.

وكثرت بين الأعم المضائض — And the conflicts between the blind increased

مَضْparticle

1.
noclassical
A word used to express negation or refusal.
2.
a word of enticementclassical
A word that suggests a possibility or enticement, often used when asked for something.

وإن في مض وبض لمطمعا — And indeed, in 'madh' and 'badh' there is enticement

سألتها الوصل فقالت: مض — I asked her for union and she said: 'No'

مَضِيضnoun

1.
sucking, drawing liquidclassical
The act of sucking or drawing liquid, like a goat with its lips.

المض مضيض الماء كما تمتصه — Al-madh is the sucking of water as you suck it

ومضت العنز تمض في شربها مضيضا إذا شربت وعصرت شفتيها — And the goat sucked while drinking, with sucking, if it drank and compressed its lips

تَمَاضُّواverb

1.
to bite each other with tonguesclassical
To engage in verbal conflict, metaphorically biting each other with words.

تماض القوم وتماصوا إذا تلاجوا وعض بعضهم بعضا بألسنتهم — The people engaged in verbal conflict and bit each other with their tongues if they quarrelled

مَضْمَضَverb

1.
to lick, lapclassical
To lick or lap something, like a dog.

وتمضمض الكلب في أثره — And the dog licked in its track

مَضَضْتُverb

1.
to experience painboth
To feel pain or suffering, especially from a loss or hardship.
2.
to test, experienceclassical
To test or experience something, finding its outcome.

وقد مضضت يا رجل منه — And you have felt pain from it, O man

خباث كل عيدانك قد مضضنا فوجدنا عاقبته مرا — O wicked one, we have tested all your deeds and found their consequence to be bitter

Parallel reading

المض: الحرقة.

Al-madh: burning.

مضني الهم والحزن والقول يمضني مضا ومضيضا وأمضني: أحرقني وشق علي.

Worry and sadness pained me, and speech pained me with burning and stinging, and it burned me and was hard on me.

والهم يمض القلب أي يحرقه؛

And worry burns the heart, meaning it scorches it;

من يتسخط فالإله راضي ... عنك، ومن لم يرض في مضماض أي في حرقة.

Whoever is displeased, then God is pleased... with you, and whoever is not pleased is in burning, meaning in a scorching heat.

ومضضت منه: ألمت.

And I felt pain from it: I was pained.

وأمضني الجرح إمضاضا: آلمني وأوجعني،

And the wound pained me greatly: it hurt me and caused me agony,

وأمضني جلدي فدلكته: أحكني؛

And my skin itched me, so I rubbed it: it itched me;

يا نفس، صبرا على ما كان من مضض، إذ لم أجد لفضول القول أقرانا

O soul, be patient with what has been of pain, as I have found no equals for excessive speech

يمنع مني أرقمي تغماضي من الحلوء صادق الإمضاض،

Preventing me from my sleep, truthful in its stinging,

والترحاض: الغسل.

And al-tarhadh: washing.

والمضض: وجع المصيبة، وقد مضضت يا رجل منه، بالكسر، تمض مضضا ومضيضا ومضاضة.

And al-madhadh: the pain of a calamity, and you have felt pain from it, O man, with a kasra, you feel pain, with pain and stinging and great pain.

ومض الكحل العين يمضها ويمضها وأمضها. آلمها وأحرقها.

And kohl burned the eye, it burned it and stung it. It pained it and burned it.

وكحل مض: يمض العين، ومضيضه حرقته؛

And mad kohl: it burns the eye, and its mad quality is its burning;

وكحله كحلا مضا إذا كان يحرق، وكحله بملمول مض أي حار.

And he applied kohl to him, a burning kohl, if it was burning, and he applied to him a hot kohl, meaning hot.

ومرأة مضة: لا تحتمل شيئا يسوءها كأن ذلك يمضها؛

And a sensitive woman: she cannot bear anything that displeases her, as if it pains her;

البيضاء البضة الخفرة المضة.

The white, pure, shy, sensitive one.

المضة التي تؤلمها الكلمة أو الشيء اليسير وتؤذيها.

The sensitive one who is pained by a word or a small thing and is harmed by it.

أمضني الأمر ومضضت له أي بلغت منه المشقة؛

The matter caused me hardship, and I endured it, meaning I reached hardship from it;

فاقني وشر القول ما أمضا

Suffice me, and the worst of speech is what causes hardship

وإن في مض وبض لمطمعا،

And indeed, in 'madh' and 'badh' there is enticement,

وهو هيج بالفارسية؛

And it is 'hayyaj' in Persian;

سألتها الوصل فقالت: مض،

I asked her for union and she said: 'No',

وحركت لي رأسها بالنغض

And she moved her head for me with a nod

ما علمك أهلك إلا مض ومض،

Your family knows nothing but 'madh' and 'madh',

ما علمك أهلك من الكلام إلا مضا وميضا وبضا وبيضا.

Your family knows nothing of speech except 'madh', 'maydh', 'badh', and 'baydh'.

كلمة تستعمل بمعنى لا وهي مع ذلك كلمة مطمعة في الإجابة.

A word used to mean 'no', and it is also a word of enticement in response.

وكثرت بين الأعم المضائض

And the conflicts between the blind increased

ومضمض إناءه ومصمصه إذا حركه؛ وقيل: إذا غسله،

And he stirred his container and moved it if he moved it; and it was said: if he washed it,

وتمضمض في وضوئه.

And he moved the water around in his mouth during his ablution.

والمضمضة: تحريك الماء في الفم.

And al-madhmadhah: moving the water in the mouth.

تمضمض به.

He moved it around in his mouth.

المض مضيض الماء كما تمتصه.

Al-madh is the sucking of water as you suck it.

لا تمض مضض العنز،

Do not suck like a goat,

ومضت العنز تمض في شربها مضيضا إذا شربت وعصرت شفتيها.

And the goat sucked while drinking, with sucking, if it drank and compressed its lips.

ولهم كلب يتمضمض عراقيب الناس أي يمض.

And they have a dog that laps the ankles of people, meaning it licks.

يقال مضضت أمض مثل مصصت أمص.

It is said: I felt pain, I feel pain, like I sucked, I suck.

ومضمض النعاس في عينه: دب، وتمضمضت به العين وتمضمض النعاس في عينه؛

And drowsiness crept into his eye: it advanced, and the eye was affected by it, and drowsiness crept into his eye;

إذا الكرى في عينه تمضمضا

When drowsiness crept into his eyes

ومضمض: نام نوما طويلا.

And madhmadh: he slept a long sleep.

والمضماض: النوم.

And al-madhmad: sleep.

وما مضمضت عيني بنوم أي ما نامت.

And my eyes did not experience sleep, meaning they did not sleep.

ولا تذوقوا النوم إلا غرارا ومضمضة ،

And do not taste sleep except as a sip and a rinse,

فشبهه بالمضمضة بالماء وإلقائه من الفم من غير ابتلاع.

So he likened it to rinsing with water and spitting it out without swallowing.

وتمضمض الكلب في أثره.

And the dog licked in its track.

خباث كل عيدانك قد مضضنا فوجدنا عاقبته مرا ؛

O wicked one, we have tested all your deeds and found their consequence to be bitter;

يعني الدنيا، يعني جربناك واختبرناك فوجدناك مرة العاقبة.

Meaning the world, meaning we tested you and tried you and found you bitter in consequence.

والمضماض: الرجل الخفيف السريع؛

And al-madhmad: the light, fast man;

يترك كل هوجل نغاض فردا، وكل معض مضماض

Leaving every tall, moving one alone, and every agile, quick one

مضض إذا شرب المضاض، وهو الماء الذي لا يطاق ملوحة،

Madhadh if he drank al-madhadh, which is water whose saltiness cannot be endured,

وبه سمي الرجل مضاضا، وضده من المياه القطيع، وهو الصافي الزلال.

And by it, the man was named Madhadh, and its opposite among waters is al-qati', which is clear and pure.

تماض القوم وتماصوا إذا تلاجوا وعض بعضهم بعضا بألسنتهم.

The people engaged in verbal conflict and bit each other with their tongues if they quarrelled.