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ضفدع

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root ضفدع primarily relates to frogs, their sounds, and characteristics. It extends to describe internal rumbling, a specific bone in a horse's hoof, and actions like crouching, being sluggish, or passing gas.

Derived headwords

الضفدعnoun
  1. 1.
    frogboth

    The common amphibian known for its croaking. This is a standard and widely understood term.

  2. 2.
    little fingerclassical

    An analogy used to describe something small or insignificant, like the little finger.

ضفدعةnoun
  1. 1.
    female frogboth

    The feminine form of the word for frog.

ضفادعnoun
  1. 1.
    frogsboth

    The plural form of the word for frog.

ضفاديnoun
  1. 1.
    frogsclassical

    A less common plural form of 'ضفدع', where the 'ayn' is replaced by 'ya'.

نقتverb
  1. 1.
    to croakboth

    The sound made by frogs, often used metaphorically for internal rumbling.

نقت ضفادع بطنهphrase
  1. 1.
    his stomach rumbledclassical

    A figurative expression indicating hunger, comparing the stomach's sounds to the croaking of frogs.

ضفدعnoun
  1. 1.
    hoof boneclassical

    A specific bone located within the inner part of a horse's hoof.

ضفدع الرجلverb
  1. 1.
    to crouchclassical

    To bend one's knees and lower the body, like a frog.

  2. 2.
    to be sluggishclassical

    To move slowly or be inactive, perhaps due to a frog-like posture or state.

  3. 3.
    to pass gasclassical

    To emit flatulence.

ضفدعواverb
  1. 1.
    they crouched/were sluggish/passed gasclassical

    Past tense plural form of the verb indicating crouching, sluggishness, or passing gas.

مضفدعاتadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant with frogsclassical

    Describing a place, likely a body of water, that is teeming with frogs.

Parallel reading

الضفدع: مثال الخنصر
The frog: an example of the little finger.
والضفدع: معروف، لغتان فصيحتان
And the frog: well-known, two eloquent linguistic forms.
والأنثى ضفدعة وضفدعة
And the female is ضفدعة and ضفدعة.
والضفدع جمعه ضفادع وربما قالوا ضفادي
And the frog, its plural is ضفادع, and sometimes they say ضفادي.
ولضفادي جمه نقانق
And for the frogs, a multitude of croakers.
أي لضفادع فجعل العين ياء كما قالوا أراني وأرانب
Meaning for frogs, and they made the 'ayn' a 'ya', just as they said 'arani' and 'aranib'.
ويقال: نقت ضفادع بطنه إذا جاع كما يقال نقت عصافير بطنه
And it is said: his stomach croaked when he was hungry, just as it is said his stomach chirped.
والضفدع، بكسر الدال فقط: عظم يكون في باطن حافر الفرس
And the ضفدع, with a kasra on the 'dal' only: a bone that is in the inner part of the horse's hoof.
وضفدع الرجل: تقبض، وقيل سلح، وقيل ضرط
And the man ضفدع: he crouched, and it was said he was sluggish, and it was said he passed gas.
بئس الفوارس، يا نوار، مجاشع ... خورا، إذا أكلوا خزيرا ضفدعوا
What terrible horsemen, O Nuwar, Majashi'... cowardly, when they ate khazira, they crouched/were sluggish/passed gas.
يممن أعدادا بلبنى أو أجا ... مضفدعات، كلها مطحلبه
They headed for watering places with Lubna or Aja... abundant with frogs, all of them full of milk.
يريد مياها كثيرة الضفادع
He means waters abundant with frogs.