غضن

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of folding, creasing, or wrinkling, applied to various materials like skin, cloth, and armor. It also extends to meanings of constriction, holding back, and persistent illness or rain, as well as a specific type of eye squint.

Derived headwords

الغُضْنnoun

1.
crease, foldboth
A fold or crease in skin, fabric, armor, or other material. It can also refer to the folds of the ear or the skin of the forehead.
2.
constrictionclassical
The act of holding back or constricting something.
3.
difficulty, hardshipclassical
Trouble or hardship, often used metaphorically.

رأيت لجاعرتيه غضونا — I saw creases in its two cheeks.

غَضَنَverb

1.
to crease, to foldboth
To cause something to crease or fold, such as skin or fabric.
2.
to hold back, to detainboth
To restrain or detain someone or something.
3.
to give birth prematurelyclassical
For a female animal, especially a camel, to give birth to offspring before it is fully developed.

غضنه يغضنه غضنا — He detained him.

غُضُونnoun

1.
creases, foldsboth
The plural of غُضْن (ghuḍn), referring to multiple creases or folds in skin, fabric, or other materials.
2.
folds of the earclassical
The folds or convolutions of the ear.

غضون الأذن: مثانيها — The folds of the ear: its convolutions.

تَغَضَّنَverb

1.
to become creased, to wrinkleboth
To become folded or creased, to wrinkle.
2.
to become tense, to stiffenclassical
To become tense or stiff, as in a state of agitation or struggle.

وقد تغضن — And it became creased.

تَغْضِينnoun

1.
tension, stiffnessclassical
The state of being tense or stiff; a drawing together or contraction.
2.
return, going backclassical
The act of returning or going back.

مُغَاضَنَةnoun

1.
squinting, looking askanceclassical
The act of looking at someone with narrowed or squinting eyes, often out of suspicion or distrust.

المغاضنة: المكاسرة بالعينين للريبة — Al-Mughaḍanah: squinting with the eyes out of suspicion.

أَغْضَنadjective

1.
squint-eyedclassical
Having eyes that are naturally squinted, or squinted due to animosity or arrogance.

يا أيها الكاسر عين الأغضن — O you who narrows the eye of the squint-eyed one.

غَضَنَةnoun

1.
hardship, troubleclassical
A state of difficulty or hardship; a burden or affliction.
2.
skin conditionclassical
A condition of the skin, particularly after suffering from smallpox, where the skin becomes rough or uneven.

ولأطيلن غضنك أي عناءك — And I will prolong your hardship, meaning your trouble.

أَغْضَنَverb

1.
to persist (rain, fever)classical
For rain to be continuous, or for a fever to be persistent and lingering.

وأغضنت عليه الحمى — And the fever persisted upon him.

غُضَيْنnoun

1.
premature offspringclassical
An offspring born prematurely, before hair has grown or its form is fully developed.

يقال لذلك الولد غضين — That offspring is called a ghuḍayn.

غَضَانnoun

1.
premature birthclassical
The name for the condition or state of premature birth.

غَضَّنَverb

1.
to crease, to foldboth
To cause something to crease or fold.
2.
to hold back, to detainboth
To restrain or detain someone or something.
3.
to give birth prematurelyclassical
For a female animal, especially a camel, to give birth to offspring before it is fully developed.

وغضنه فتغضن — And he creased it, so it became creased.

غَضَنِيّadjective

1.
creased, foldedclassical
Describing something that is creased or folded.

Parallel reading

إذا ما انتحاهن شؤبوبه، ... رأيت لجاعرتيه غضونا

When its young camel approached them... I saw creases in its two cheeks.

التهذيب: الغضون مكاسر الجلد في الجبين والنصيل، وكذلك غضون الكم وغضون درع الحديد

Al-Tahdhib: The creases are folds of the skin on the forehead and the sole, and likewise the folds of the sleeve and the folds of an iron coat of mail.

ترى فوق النطاق لها غضونا

You see creases above the belt.

وغضون الأذن: مثانيها

And the folds of the ear: its convolutions.

وكل تثن في ثوب أو جلد غضن وغضن

And every fold in a garment or skin is a ghaḍn and a ghaḍan.

وقال اللحياني: الغضون والتغضين التشنج

And Al-Lihyani said: Al-Ghuḍūn and Al-Taghḍīn mean tension.

خريع النعو مضطرب النواحي، ... كأخلاق الغريفة، ذا غضون

Moving with the gait of a young camel, its sides restless, ... like the remnants of a stew, possessing folds.

واحدها غضن وغضن

Its singular is ghaḍn and ghaḍan.

والغضن: تثني العود وتلويه

And Al-Ghaḍn: the bending and twisting of a stick.

وغضن العين: جلدتها الظاهرة

And the ghaḍn of the eye: its outer skin.

ويقال للمجدور إذا ألبس الجدري جلده: أصبح جلده غضنة واحدة، وقد يقال بالباء

And it is said of one who has had smallpox covering his skin: his skin became one rough patch, and it may be said with 'b'.

ولأطيلن غضنك أي عناءك

And I will prolong your hardship, meaning your trouble.

الأزهري: أبو زيد تقول العرب للرجل توعده لأمدن غضنك أي لأطيلن عناءك، ويقال غضنك

Al-Azhari: Abu Zayd said that the Arabs say to a man they threaten, 'I will extend your hardship,' meaning 'I will prolong your trouble,' and it is also said 'ghuḍnak'.

أريت إن سقنا سياقا حسنا، ... نمد من آباطهن الغضنا

Show me, if we drive them well, ... we will extend the hardship from their armpits.

وغضنه يغضنه ويغضنه غضنا: حبسه

And he detained him, he detains him and he detains him, a detention: he held him back.

ما غضنك عنا أي ما عاقك عنا

What detained you from us means what prevented you from us.

ابن الأعرابي: غصنني عن حاجتي يغصنني، بالصاد، وهو غلط، والصواب غضنني يغضنني لا غير

Ibn Al-A'rabi: Ghassannani from my need, he ghassannani, with sad, and this is a mistake, and the correct is ghaḍḍannani, he ghaḍḍannani, nothing else.

وغضنت الناقة بولدها وغضنت: ألقته لغير تمام قبل أن ينبت الشعر عليه ويستبين خلقه

And the she-camel gave birth prematurely to her offspring, and she gave birth: she dropped it before completion, before the hair grew on it and its form became clear.

يقال لذلك الولد غضين، والاسم الغضان

That offspring is called a ghuḍayn, and the name is Al-Ghaḍān.

وغضنت السماء وأغضنت السماء إغضانا: دام مطرها

And the sky rained continuously, and the sky rained continuously, a continuous rain: its rain persisted.

وأغضنت عليه الحمى: دامت وألحت؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And the fever persisted upon him: it lasted and lingered; from Ibn Al-A'rabi.