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ردغ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes thick, heavy mud, water, and mire. It extends to concepts of falling into such substances, and metaphorically to a state of distress or punishment, often associated with the afterlife. It also encompasses terms for specific anatomical parts and a type of lush pasture.

Derived headwords

الرَّدْغُnoun
  1. 1.
    thick mudboth

    Abundant and intense water, mud, and mire.

الرَّدْغَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    thick mudboth

    Abundant and intense water, mud, and mire.

  2. 2.
    mudboth

    Specifically refers to mud.

رَدْغَةُ المَاءِnoun
  1. 1.
    muddy waterclassical

    A patch of muddy water.

رَدْغٌnoun
  1. 1.
    muddy placeboth

    A place characterized by mud and mire.

ارْتَدَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall into mudboth

    A man falling into thick mud or mire.

الرَّدَاغُnoun
  1. 1.
    thick mudboth

    Abundant and intense water, mud, and mire.

رَدَغَةُ الخَبَالِnoun
  1. 1.
    mire of tormentclassical

    Described as the discharge of the people of Hell, or abundant mud and mire.

رَدَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to rain heavilyclassical

    The sky rained heavily, similar to 'rozagha'.

الرَّدِيغُadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    An adjective describing someone as foolish and weak.

المُرْدَغَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    lush pastureclassical

    A beautiful, verdant meadow or pasture.

  2. 2.
    fleshy part of neckclassical

    The fleshy part of the neck extending from the nape towards the collarbone.

  3. 3.
    fleshy part of armclassical

    The flesh extending from the middle of the upper arm to the elbow.

  4. 4.
    fleshy part of chestclassical

    The fleshy part of the chest.

المَرَادِغُnoun
  1. 1.
    fleshy parts of neckclassical

    The fleshy parts of the neck, extending from the nape towards the collarbone.

  2. 2.
    fleshy parts of chestclassical

    The fleshy parts of the chest.

  3. 3.
    fat depositsclassical

    Areas where fat accumulates, especially on a well-fed camel's belly and shoulders.

Parallel reading

الردغ والردغة والردغة، بالهاء: الماء والطين والوحل الكثير الشديد؛ الفتح عن كراع، والجمع رداغ وردغ.
Al-radgh, al-radgha, and al-radgha (with ha): abundant and intense water, mud, and mire; this is from Kara', and the plural is radagh and radgh.
ومكان ردغ: وحل.
And a place of radgh: muddy.
وارتدغ الرجل: وقع في الرداغ أو في الردغة.
And the man 'irtadagha: fell into the radagh or the radgha.
منعنا هذا الرداغ عن الجمعة
This mud prevented us from the Friday prayer.
الردغة: الطين، ويروى بالزاي بدل الدال وهي بمعناه
Al-radgha: mud, and it is narrated with a 'zay' instead of a 'dal', and it means the same.
ضأن بذي تناتضة يقطع ردغة الماء بعنق وإرخاء، يسكنون دال الردغة في هذه وحدها ولا يسكنونها في غيرها.
Sheep in a place of dense growth cut through the muddy water with force and slackness; they make the 'dal' of 'radgha' silent in this instance alone and not in others.
إذا كنتم في الرداغ أو الثلج وحضرت الصلاة فأومئوا إيماء.
If you are in mud or snow and the prayer time arrives, then perform the prayer with gestures.
من قال في مؤمن ما ليس فيه حبسه الله في ردغة الخبال
Whoever says about a believer what is not in him, Allah will imprison him in the mire of torment.
أنها عصارة أهل النار، وقيل: هو الطين والوحل الكثير.
It is the discharge of the people of Hell, and it is said: it is abundant mud and mire.
من قفا مؤمنا بما ليس فيه وقفه الله في ردغة الخبال.
Whoever slanders a believer with what is not in him, Allah will stop him in the mire of torment.
من شرب الخمر سقاه الله من ردغة الخبال.
Whoever drinks wine, Allah will give him to drink from the mire of torment.
خطبنا في يوم ذي ردغ.
We gave a sermon on a muddy day.
وردغت السماء: مثل رزغت.
And the sky 'radagha': like 'rozagha' (rained heavily).
والرديغ: الأحمق الضعيف.
And al-radygh: the foolish, the weak.
والمردغة: الروضة البهية.
And al-mardagha: the beautiful pasture.
والمردغة: ما بين العنق إلى الترقوة، والجمع المرادغ، وقيل: المردغة من العنق اللحمة التي تلي مؤخر الناهض من وسط العضد إلى المرفق.
And al-mardagha: what is between the neck and the collarbone, and the plural is al-maradigh. It is said: al-mardagha of the neck is the flesh that follows the back of the rising part from the middle of the upper arm to the elbow.
ابن الأعرابي المردغة اللحمة التي بين وابلة الكتف وجناجن الصدر.
Ibn al-A'rabi: al-mardagha is the flesh between the shoulder blade and the sides of the chest.
دخلت على مصعب بن الزبير فدنوت منه حتى وقعت يدي على مرادغه
I entered upon Mus'ab ibn al-Zubayr and approached him until my hand fell upon his maradigh.
هي ما بين العنق إلى الترقوة، وقيل: لحم الصدر، الواحدة مردغة، وقيل المرادغ البآدل وهي أسفل الترقوتين في جانبي الصدر.
It is what is between the neck and the collarbone, and it is said: the flesh of the chest, the singular is mardagha. And it is said al-maradigh are the 'ba'dil', which are below the collarbones on the sides of the chest.
إذا سمن البعير كانت له مرادغ في بطنه وعلى فروع كتفيه، وذلك أن الشحم يتراكب عليها كالأرانب الجثوم، وإذا لم تكن سمينة فلا مردغة هناك.
If the camel becomes fat, it will have maradigh on its belly and on the extremities of its shoulders, because the fat piles up on them like crouching rabbits. If it is not fat, there is no mardagha there.
ويقال: إن ناقتك ذات مرادغ، وجملك ذو مرادغ.
And it is said: your she-camel has maradigh, and your camel has maradigh.