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رضع

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

The root رضع (raḍaʿa) primarily concerns the act of suckling or nursing, both for infants and animals. It extends to concepts of feeding, nourishment, and by extension, kinship through nursing. It also carries a strong connotation of meanness, stinginess, and baseness, particularly in relation to how one obtains or shares resources.

Derived headwords

رَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to suckle, nurseboth

    The primary meaning, referring to an infant or young animal suckling milk from its mother or a wet nurse.

  2. 2.
    to suck directly from the udderclassical

    Specifically referring to an animal, like a sheep or goat, drinking milk directly from the udder, often implying meanness.

يَرْضَعُverb
  1. 1.
    he suckles, he nursesboth

    Present tense of the verb 'to suckle', referring to the ongoing action of nursing.

رَضْعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    suckling, nursingboth

    The act or process of suckling or nursing.

  2. 2.
    meanness, basenessclassical

    A quality of being mean, stingy, or base, often associated with the act of suckling directly from an animal's udder.

رُضْعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sucklings, nurslingsclassical

    Plural of a suckling child or young animal.

رَاضِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    suckling, nursingboth

    One who is suckling or nursing, typically a young child or animal.

  2. 2.
    mean, stingyclassical

    Describing a person who is mean or stingy, particularly one who drinks milk directly from an animal's udder.

رُضَّعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sucklings, nurslingsclassical

    Plural of a suckling child or young animal.

ارْتَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to suckle (oneself)classical

    To suckle, often used reflexively or intransitively, like a female goat suckling herself.

اسْتَرْضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek a wet nurseboth

    To ask for or seek a woman to nurse one's child.

  2. 2.
    to ask to be nursedclassical

    To request that someone nurse you.

مُرْضِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nursing (female)both

    A female who is nursing or has recently nursed a child.

  2. 2.
    having milkclassical

    Describing a female animal that has milk, even if not currently nursing.

مُرْضِعَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nursing (female)both

    A female who is actively nursing a child.

مُرَاضِعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing young (of bees)classical

    Used metaphorically for young bees that are being fed or nursed.

مُرَاضِيعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing young (of bees)classical

    Used metaphorically for young bees that are being fed or nursed.

رَضَاعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing, sucklingboth

    The act or state of being nursed or suckled.

  2. 2.
    fosterage, kinship by nursingboth

    The relationship established through nursing, which can create familial bonds.

  3. 3.
    meanness, basenessclassical

    A quality of being mean or base, derived from the act of suckling directly from an animal's udder.

رِضَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing, sucklingboth

    The act or state of being nursed or suckled.

  2. 2.
    fosterage, kinship by nursingboth

    The relationship established through nursing, which can create familial bonds.

رَضِيعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nursling, sucklingboth

    A child or young animal that is being nursed.

  2. 2.
    mean personclassical

    A base or stingy person, one who drinks directly from an animal's udder.

رُضَعَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    nurslings, sucklingsclassical

    Plural of a child or young animal that is being nursed.

مُرْضِعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    wet nurseboth

    A woman employed to nurse another's child.

مَرَاضِعُnoun
  1. 1.
    wet nursesclassical

    Plural of a wet nurse.

رَاضِعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    nursing motherboth

    A mother who is nursing her child.

رَضُوعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    nursing (animal)classical

    An animal, especially a sheep, that is nursing its young.

رَوَاضِعُnoun
  1. 1.
    milk teethclassical

    The first set of teeth that fall out during childhood.

رَاضِعَتَانِnoun
  1. 1.
    incisorsclassical

    The two front teeth through which one drinks milk.

رَاضِعَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    erupting toothclassical

    Any tooth that emerges or erupts.

رَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be mean, stingyclassical

    To act in a mean or stingy manner, often by drinking directly from an animal's udder to avoid sharing.

رَضَاعَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    meannessclassical

    The quality of being mean or base.

رَاضِعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mean personclassical

    A mean or stingy person.

رُضْعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    meannessclassical

    The quality of being mean or base.

رَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to mate (bird)classical

    The act of copulation in birds.

رَضْعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    copulation (bird)classical

    The act of mating in birds.

Parallel reading

رضع الصبي وغيره يرضع
The child and others suckle, they nurse.
ورضع مثال سمع يرضع رضعا ورضعا ورضعا ورضاعا ورضاعا ورضاعة ورضاعة
And 'raḍaʿa' is like 'samiʿa' (to hear), it nurses, with the masdars: ruḍʿan, ruḍʿan, ruḍʿan, riḍāʿan, riḍāʿan, riḍāʿatan, riḍāʿatan.
فهو راضع، والجمع رضع
So he is a suckler, and the plural is ruḍḍaʿ.
وذموا لنا الدنيا، وهم يرضعونها ... أفاويق حتى ما يدر لها ثعل
And they blamed the world for us, while they nurse it... in gulps until the fox cannot produce milk from it.
وارتضع: كرضع
And 'irtadaʿa': like 'raḍaʿa'.
إني رأيت بني سهم وعزهم، ... كالعنز تعطف روقيها فترتضع
Indeed, I saw the sons of Sahm and their might, ... like a goat that bends its horn and suckles itself.
والوالدات يرضعن أولادهن حولين كاملين
And the mothers shall nurse their children for two full years.
لا جناح عليكم أن تسترضعوا أولادكم
There is no blame upon you if you seek wet nurses for your children.
فقال: نعمت المرضعة وبئست الفاطمة
So he said: 'The wet nurse is excellent, and Al-Fatimah is wretched.'
أن لا يأخذ من راضع لبن
That one should not take milk from a mean person.
هذا أخي من الرضاعة
This is my brother by fosterage.
فإنما الرضاعة من المجاعة
For nursing (that establishes kinship) is only from hunger.
رب غلام يراضع
Perhaps a boy is nursing (his mother while she is pregnant).
وراضع فلان ابنه أي دفعه إلى الظئر
And so-and-so 'rāḍaʿa' his son, meaning he handed him over to a wet nurse.
والرضيع: المرضع
And 'ar-raḍīʿ': the one who nurses.
والمرضع: التي ليس معها ولد وقد يكون معها ولد
And 'al-murdiʿ': she who does not have a child with her, and she may have a child with her.
تظل على الثمراء منها جوارس، ... مراضيع صهب الريش، زغب رقابها
They remain on the fruit trees, hunting... nursing ones with tawny feathers, their necks downy.
يوم ترونها تذهل كل مرضعة عما أرضعت
The Day you see it, every nursing mother will forget what she nursed.
وحرمنا عليه المراضع من قبل
And We forbade him the wet nurses before.
ويرضع من لاقى، وإن ير مقعدا ... يقود بأعمى، فالفرزدق سائله
And he begs from whomever he meets, even if he sees a cripple... leading a blind man, then Al-Farazdaq is asking him.
والرضع: سفاد الطائر
And 'ar-raḍʿ': the copulation of a bird.