ضحا

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root ضحا (ḍaḥā) primarily relates to the forenoon, the time after sunrise when the sun has risen high. It extends to concepts of exposure to the sun, visibility, and by extension, the midday meal (غداء) which was traditionally taken during this time. It also encompasses the act of sacrificing an animal, particularly on the Day of Sacrifice (يوم الأضحى).

Derived headwords

الضُّحُوّnoun

1.
forenoonboth
The early part of the day after sunrise when the sun has risen high.

الضُّحْوَةnoun

1.
forenoonboth
The early part of the day after sunrise.
2.
middayclassical
The time approaching noon.

الضُّحِيَّةnoun

1.
sacrificeboth
An animal sacrificed, especially on the Day of Sacrifice.
2.
forenoonclassical
A variant of الضحوة (al-ḍuḥwah), referring to the forenoon.

الضُّحَىٰnoun

1.
forenoonboth
The time after sunrise when the sun has risen high.
2.
daytimeclassical
The daylight hours.
3.
middayboth
The time approaching noon.

الضُّحَاءnoun

1.
middayboth
The time when the day is extended and nearing noon.
2.
midday mealboth
The meal eaten in the forenoon or midday.

أَضْحَىٰverb

1.
to becomeboth
To enter into the time of forenoon or midday.
2.
to becomeboth
To become a doer of something during the forenoon.
3.
to becomeclassical
To delay something until the forenoon.

تَضَحَّىٰverb

1.
to eat midday mealboth
To eat the midday meal.
2.
to grazeclassical
For livestock to graze during the forenoon.

تَضْحِيَةnoun

1.
sacrificeboth
The act of sacrificing an animal, especially on the Day of Sacrifice.
2.
midday mealclassical
The act of eating the midday meal.

ضَحَّىٰverb

1.
to sacrificeboth
To sacrifice an animal, particularly on the Day of Sacrifice.
2.
to feedclassical
To provide food for someone or something, especially at midday.

ضَحِيَverb

1.
to be exposed to sunboth
To be exposed to the heat of the sun.
2.
to be exposedclassical
To be exposed or manifest.

ضَحْوًاnoun

1.
exposure to sunboth
The state of being exposed to the sun's heat.
2.
exposureclassical
The state of being exposed or manifest.

ضَحِيًّاnoun

1.
exposure to sunboth
The state of being exposed to the sun's heat.
2.
exposureclassical
The state of being exposed or manifest.

ضَاحٍadjective

1.
exposed to sunboth
One who is exposed to the sun's heat.
2.
manifestclassical
One who is exposed or visible.

ضَاحِيَةnoun

1.
exposed areaboth
An area exposed to the sun.
2.
exposed partboth
The part of the body exposed to the sun.

مُضْحٍnoun

1.
one who sacrificesboth
One who performs the sacrifice, especially on the Day of Sacrifice.
2.
one who grazes livestockclassical
One who grazes his livestock during the forenoon.

مُضْحَاةnoun

1.
sun-exposed landclassical
Land that is exposed to the sun and rarely shaded.

ضَحْوَةnoun

1.
forenoonboth
The early part of the day after sunrise.

ضَحْوًاverb

1.
to emergeboth
To emerge, appear, or become manifest.

أَضْحَىٰهُverb

1.
to exposeboth
To make something exposed or manifest.

ضَاحِيَانadjective

1.
exposed to sunboth
Something that is exposed to the sun.

ضَحْيَانَةadjective

1.
sun-bakedclassical
A plant or object that is baked and hardened by the sun.

ضَاحِيَتُهُnoun

1.
exposed partboth
The part of the body that is exposed, such as the shoulders.

أَضْحَىٰnoun

1.
Day of Sacrificeboth
The Islamic festival of sacrifice, also known as Eid al-Adha.

أُضْحَاةnoun

1.
sacrificial animalboth
A sheep or goat intended for sacrifice.

الإِضْحِيَّةnoun

1.
sacrificeboth
A sacrifice, particularly the one made on the Day of Sacrifice.

الضَّاحِيَةnoun

1.
forenoonclassical
A variant of الضحوة (al-ḍuḥwah), referring to the forenoon.

Parallel reading

رقود ضحيات كأن لسانه، ... إذا واجه السفار، مكحال أرمدا

Sleeping through the forenoons as if its tongue were kohl for the weary traveler.

هابي العشي ديسق ضحاؤه

He who is weary in the evening, his midday has passed.

عليه من نسج الضحى شفوف

Upon him are coverings from the weaving of the forenoon (like mirages).

والشمس وضحاها

And by the sun and its forenoon light.

والضحى والليل إذا سجى

And by the forenoon and the night when it darkens.

فلقد رأيتهم يتروحون في الضحاء

And I saw them resting in the midday.

طربت وهاجتك الحمام السواجع، ... تميل بها ضحوا غصون يوانع

You were delighted and the cooing doves stirred you, ... swaying branches of the pomegranate tree in the forenoon.

لقيته ضحى وضحى

I met him in the forenoon and in the forenoon.

أقمت بالمكان حتى أضحيت

I stayed in the place until I reached midday.

أضحوا بصلاة الضحى

They performed the forenoon prayer at its time.

هم يتضحون

They are eating their midday meal.

أعجلها أقدحي الضحاء ضحى، ... وهي تناصي ذوائب السلم

She hastened her, 'Quench for me the midday meal, midday,' ... while she was reaching for the tops of the Salsal tree.

بينا نحن نتضحى مع رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم

While we were eating our midday meal with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

ترى الثور يمشي، راجعا من ضحائه ... بها، مثل مشي الهبرزي المسرول

You see the bull walking, returning from its midday meal ... like the stride of the swift-striding man.

هذا يضاحينا ضحية كل يوم

This one visits us every morning.

ضحيت حتى أظهرت بملحوب، ... وحكت الساق ببطن العرقوب

I ate my midday meal until I became visible with a flowing gait, ... and the leg rubbed against the hollow of the ankle.

ضح ولا تغتر

Eat your midday meal but do not be deceived.

ضحى فلان غنمه

So-and-so grazed his sheep in the forenoon.

ويقال ضحت الإبل الماء ضحى إذا وردت ضحى

And it is said the camels drank water in the forenoon if they arrived in the forenoon.

أتيتك ضحوة

I came to you in the forenoon.

ضحاه: أتاه ضحى

He came to him in the forenoon.

وفلان يضاحينا ضحو كل يوم

And so-and-so visits us every forenoon.

فضحيتهم، أني على الناس قادر

And I attacked them in the forenoon, that I am capable of overcoming people.

وأضحى يفعل ذلك

And he began to do that.

ضحى بالشاة

He sacrificed the sheep.

رأيتكم بني الخذواء لما ... دنا الأضحى وصللت اللحام

I saw you, O sons of Al-Khudhwā', when ... the Day of Sacrifice approached and the meat was cut.

قد جاءت الأضحى وما لي من غنم

The Day of Sacrifice has come, and I have no sheep.

إن على كل أهل بيت أضحاة كل عام

Indeed, upon every household is a sacrifice each year.

ضحوا بأشمط، عنوان السجود به، ... يقطع الليل تسبيحا وقرآنا

They sacrificed an old man, marked by prostration, ... who spent the night in glorification and recitation of the Quran.

ضحا الرجل

The man emerged into the sun.

وأنك لا تظمؤا فيها ولا تضحى

And that you will not be thirsty in it nor be exposed to the sun's heat.

رأت رجلا، أما إذا الشمس عارضت ... فيضحى، وأما بالعشي فيخصر

She saw a man, who when the sun faced him, he was exposed to it, and when it was evening, he would contract.

ضحيت للشمس

I was exposed to the sun.

فلم يرعني إلا ورسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قد ضحا

And I was not startled except that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had appeared.

أضح لمن أحرمت له

Be exposed to the one for whom you are in the state of Ihram.

ولو أن الذي تتقى عليه ... بضحيان أشم به الوعول

And if what you guard against were upon it ... on a sun-exposed, lofty mountain where mountain goats are found.

ضحيانة من عقدات السلسل

A sun-baked one from the knots of the Salsal tree.

اللهم ضاحت بلادنا واغبرت أرضنا

O Allah, our lands have become exposed to the sun and our earth has become dusty.