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غردق

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, enveloping, or obscuring, often associated with darkness, dust, or clothing. It can also refer to specific types of vegetation.

Derived headwords

غَرَدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to coverclassical

    To envelop or cover something completely, often used in the context of nightfall.

غَرْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    coveringclassical

    The act or state of being covered or enveloped, particularly by darkness or dust.

  2. 2.
    type of treeclassical

    A specific kind of tree or shrub.

غَرَدَقَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she coveredclassical

    Past tense verb indicating a female subject covering something.

غَرَدِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be coveredclassical

    To be enveloped or covered, often passively.

غَرْدَقَاnoun
  1. 1.
    dustclassical

    Dust that covers or envelops people.

Parallel reading

الغردقة إلباس الليل يلبس كل شيء.
Al-ghardaqah is the covering of the night that clothes everything.
غردقت المرأة سترها إذا أرسلته.
The woman covered her veil when she let it down.
الغردقة إلباس الغبار الناس؛
Al-ghardaqah is the covering of people with dust;
إنا إذا قسطل يوم غردقا
Indeed, when the dust of a day envelops us