هضض

Root entry · 44 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of breaking, crushing, or grinding something into smaller pieces. It extends to meanings of rapid movement, forceful impact, and also refers to a group or a place.

Derived headwords

هَضّverb

1.
to break, crushboth
To break something into pieces, to crush or grind it finely.

هَضّnoun

1.
breaking, crushingboth
The act of breaking or crushing; a fine breaking.
2.
fast paceclassical
A fast pace or rapid movement, especially of camels.

هَضَضَverb

1.
to break, crushboth
To break or crush something, especially a stone or similar object, into fine pieces.
2.
to move fastclassical
To move rapidly, as camels do when traveling a long distance.

هَضْضnoun

1.
breaking, crushingboth
The state of being broken or crushed; fragmentation.

مَهْضُوضadjective

1.
crushed, brokenboth
Something that has been broken or crushed.

مِنْهَضadjective

1.
crushed, brokenclassical
Something that has been broken or crushed.

هَضْهَضَةverb

1.
to break quicklyclassical
To break or crush something rapidly, with haste.
2.
to crush necks (of rivals)classical
Said of a stallion that crushes the necks of other stallions.

هَضْهَضَةnoun

1.
breaking with hasteclassical
The act of breaking or crushing something with haste.
2.
crushing necksclassical
A stallion that crushes the necks of other stallions.

اِهْتَضَّverb

1.
to break, crushboth
To break or crush something.
2.
to break one's spiritclassical
To break one's spirit or exhaust oneself for someone.

هَضَّاضadjective

1.
crushing necksclassical
A stallion that crushes the necks of other stallions.
2.
overpoweringclassical
One who overpowers a man or camel and crushes them with its chest.

هَضَّاضname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
valleyclassical
A valley.

مَهْضّname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
group, troopclassical
A large group of people or horses; a troop or battalion, because it breaks things.

هَضَّاءnoun

1.
group, troopclassical
A large group of people or horses; a troop or battalion, because it breaks things.

هَضْهَاضname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

هَضِيضadjective

1.
crushed, brokenclassical
Something that has been broken or crushed.

هَضَّاضadjective

1.
crushing the groundclassical
Said of camels that crush the ground intensely with their feet.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
fast paceclassical
A fast pace or rapid movement.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
crushingclassical
The act of crushing or breaking.

هَضّnoun

1.
breaking, crushingclassical
A breaking or crushing, less than a complete shattering but more than a mere bruising.

هَضْهَضَةnoun

1.
breaking with hasteclassical
The act of breaking or crushing with haste, as opposed to breaking with deliberation.

هَضّnoun

1.
fast paceclassical
A fast pace or rapid movement, especially of camels.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
fast paceclassical
A fast pace or rapid movement.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
crushingclassical
The act of crushing or breaking.

هَضَّاضadjective

1.
crushing the groundclassical
Said of camels that crush the ground intensely with their feet.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
group, troopclassical
A large group of people or horses; a troop or battalion, because it breaks things.

هَضَّاءnoun

1.
group, troopclassical
A large group of people or horses; a troop or battalion, because it breaks things.

هَضْهَاضname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

هَضِيضadjective

1.
crushed, brokenclassical
Something that has been broken or crushed.

هَضَّاضname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

مَهْضّname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

هَضّnoun

1.
breaking, crushingclassical
A breaking or crushing, less than a complete shattering but more than a mere bruising.

هَضْهَضَةnoun

1.
breaking with hasteclassical
The act of breaking or crushing with haste, as opposed to breaking with deliberation.

هَضّnoun

1.
fast paceclassical
A fast pace or rapid movement, especially of camels.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
fast paceclassical
A fast pace or rapid movement.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
crushingclassical
The act of crushing or breaking.

هَضَّاضadjective

1.
crushing the groundclassical
Said of camels that crush the ground intensely with their feet.

هَضَّاضnoun

1.
group, troopclassical
A large group of people or horses; a troop or battalion, because it breaks things.

هَضَّاءnoun

1.
group, troopclassical
A large group of people or horses; a troop or battalion, because it breaks things.

هَضْهَاضname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

هَضِيضadjective

1.
crushed, brokenclassical
Something that has been broken or crushed.

هَضَّاضname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

مَهْضّname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

Parallel reading

الهض والهضض: كسر دون الهد وفوق الرض

Al-haḍḍ and al-haḍaḍ: a breaking less than shattering and more than bruising.

هضه يهضه هضا أي كسره ودقه

He broke it, breaking it, a breaking, meaning he broke and crushed it.

وهو مهضوض وهضيض ومنهض

And it is crushed, broken, and to be broken.

والهضهضة كذلك إلا أنه في عجلة والهض في مهلة

And al-haḍhaḍah is similar, except that it is with haste, while al-haḍḍ is with deliberation.

جعلوا ذلك كالمد والترجيع في الأصوات

They made that like elongation and repetition in sounds.

واهتضه: كسره

And 'ihtaḍḍahu: he broke it.

وكان ما اهتض الجحاف بهرجا، ... ترد عنها رأسها مشججا

And what the Juhāf broke was in vain, ... she turned her head away from it, wounded.

واحتضضت نفسي لفلان إذا استزدتها له

And I exhausted myself for so-and-so when I asked him for more.

والهضهضة: الفحل الذي يهض أعناق الفحول

And al-haḍhaḍah: the stallion that crushes the necks of other stallions.

تقول: هو يهضهض الأعناق

You say: He crushes necks.

وفحل هضاض: يهض أعناق الفحول

And a haḍḍāḍ stallion: crushes the necks of stallions.

وقيل: هو الذي يصرع الرجل والبعير ثم ينحي عليه بكلكله

And it was said: He is one who throws down a man and a camel, then crushes him with his chest.

وقيل: هضهضها

And it was said: he crushed them.

والهضض: التكسر

And al-haḍaḍ: the breaking.

هضضت الحجر وغيره هضا إذا كسرته ودققته

I broke a stone and other things, breaking, meaning I broke and crushed it.

وجاءت الإبل تهض السير هضا إذا أسرعت

And the camels came, breaking the journey, breaking, if they hastened.

يقال: لشد ما هضت

It is said: How strongly they broke (the journey).

جاءت تهض المشي أي هض

They came breaking the walk, meaning breaking.

يدفع عنها بعضها عن بعض

Pushing away from each other.

وهضض إذا دق الأرض برجليه دقا شديدا

And he crushed, if he pounded the ground with his legs, a severe pounding.

والهضاء: الجماعة من الناس والخيل، وهي أيضا الكتيبة لأنها تهض الأشياء أي تكسرها

And al-haḍā': a group of people and horses, and it is also a battalion because it breaks things, meaning it crushes them.

الأصمعي: الهضاء، بتشديد الضاد، الجماعة من الناس

Al-Asma'i: Al-haḍā', with a shadded ḍād, is a group of people.

قد تجاوزتها بهضاء كالجنة، ... يخفون بعض قرع الوفاض

I have passed it with a troop like a garden, ... they hide some of the rattling of the waterskins.

إليه تلجأ الهضاء طرا، ... فليس بقائل هجرا لجار

To him resort all the troops, ... he will not speak ill of a neighbor.

جاء يهز المشي ويهضه إذا مشى مشيا حسنا في تدافع

He came with a swaying gait and a breaking gait if he walked well with a push.

أنشد ابن الأعرابي فيما رواه ثعلب عنه: تروحت عن حرض وحمض، ... جاءت تهض الأرض أي هض

Ibn al-A'rabi recited, as narrated by Tha'lab from him: I rested from heat and sourness, ... they came breaking the ground, meaning breaking.

مشي العذارى شمن عين المغضي

The walk of modest women looking at the one who is not suspicious.

يقول: راحت عن حرض فجاءت تهض المشي مشي العذارى

He says: She rested from heat and came breaking the walk, the walk of modest women.

يقول: العذارى ينظرن إلى المغضي الذي ليس بصاحب ريبة ويتوقين صاحب الريبة، فشبه نظر الإبل بأعين العذارى تغض عمن لا خير عنده، وشمن: نظرن

He says: Modest women look at the one who is not suspicious and avoid the suspicious one, so he likened the camels' gaze to the eyes of modest women, averting their gaze from one who has no good; and 'ashamna: they looked.

وهضهاض وهضاض وهضاض، جميعا: واد

And Haḍḥāḍ, Haḍāḍ, and Haḍāḍ, all: a valley.

وبطن هضاض [هضاض]، حيث غدا صباح أنث على إرادة البقعة

And the belly of Haḍāḍ [Haḍāḍ], where morning came, indicating the place.

وهضاض ومهض: اسمان

And Haḍāḍ and Mahḍ: two names.