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خضا

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the process of something moist or wet breaking apart or disintegrating. It is noted as potentially having a weak letter (ya') and its etymology is debated.

Derived headwords

خَضَاverb
  1. 1.
    to break apartclassical

    To become fragmented or disintegrated, especially when moist or wet.

الخَضَاnoun
  1. 1.
    fragmentation of the moistclassical

    The state or process of something moist breaking apart or disintegrating.

قَضَىverb
  1. 1.
    to judgeboth

    To make a decision or judgment.

  2. 2.
    to decreeboth

    To establish or ordain by divine or authoritative decree.

  3. 3.
    to fulfillboth

    To complete or carry out a duty or promise.

  4. 4.
    to pass awayboth

    To die.

Parallel reading

الخضا: تفتت الشيء الرطب
Al-khada: the fragmentation of the moist thing.
قال ابن دريد: وليس بثبت
Ibn Duraid said: And it is not established.
وذكره ابن سيده أيضا في المعتل بالياء
And Ibn Sidah also mentioned it among the defective verbs with ya'.
وقال: قضينا على همزتها ياء
And he said: We ruled that its hamza is a ya'.
لأن اللام ياء أكثر منها واوا
Because the final letter is a ya' more often than a waw.