فدن

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to structures, specifically grand buildings and palaces, and also to agricultural tools and the animals used with them. It extends to concepts of size, color, and place names.

Derived headwords

الفَدْنnoun

1.
Palace, mansionclassical
A well-built, grand palace or mansion.

أفْدَانnoun

1.
Palaces, mansionsclassical
The plural of 'al-fadan', referring to grand palaces or mansions.

مُفَدَّنadjective

1.
Tall, loftyclassical
Describing something as tall or lofty, often in reference to buildings.

الفَدَّانnoun

1.
Yoke, plow harnessboth
The apparatus that yokes two oxen together for plowing.
2.
Oxen for plowingclassical
Two oxen yoked together for plowing.
3.
Oxclassical
A single ox, though this usage is debated and less common.

أفْدِنَةnoun

1.
Yokes, plow harnessesboth
The plural of 'al-faddan', referring to the harnesses used for plowing.
2.
Oxenclassical
The plural of 'al-faddan', referring to oxen used for plowing.

الفَدَّانnoun

1.
Farm, cultivated landclassical
A piece of land that is farmed or cultivated.

فَدِينname

1.
Fidinclassical
A proper noun referring to a place name.

الفَدَنnoun

1.
Red dyeclassical
A red pigment or dye.

Parallel reading

ينبي تجاليدي وأقتادها ... ناو، كرأس الفدن المؤيد

It informs my traditions and I lead them... like the head of a lofty palace.

والجمع أفدان

And the plural is afdan.

وبناء مفدن: طويل

And a tall building: lofty.

والفدان، بتخفيف الدال: الذي يجمع أداة الثورين في القران للحرث

And al-faddan, with a light dal: that which combines the tool of the two oxen in yoking for plowing.

والجمع أفدنة وفدن

And the plural is afdinah and faddan.

والفدان: كالفدان، فعال بالتشديد

And al-faddan: like al-faddan, with a shaddah.

وقيل: الفدان الثور

And it was said: al-faddan is the ox.

والفدادين، وهي البقر التي يحرث بها

And al-faddadin, which are the cows used for plowing.

يجر فدانا، وليس بالثور

It pulls a faddan, and it is not an ox.

هو الفدان، بتخفيف الدال

It is al-faddan, with a light dal.

تقول العامة الفدان، والصواب الفدان، بالتخفيف

The common people say al-faddan, and the correct pronunciation is al-faddan, with a light dal.

وضبطوا الفدان بالتخفيف

And they vocalized al-faddan with a light dal.

وأما الفدان، بالتشديد، فهو المبلغ المتعارف

As for al-faddan, with a shaddah, it is the customary amount.

وهو أيضا الثور الذي يحرث به

And it is also the ox with which one plows.

الفدان، بالتخفيف، الآلة التي يحرث بها

Al-faddan, with a light dal, is the tool with which one plows.

والفدان أيضا: المزرعة

And al-faddan also means: the farm.

وفدين والفدين: موضع

And Fidin and al-Fidin: a place.

والفدن صبغ أحمر

And al-fadan is a red dye.