عضا

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'aḍā' primarily concerns the concept of dividing something into parts or members, akin to the limbs of a body. This division can apply to physical objects like a carcass or abstract concepts like scripture, implying fragmentation or distribution.

Derived headwords

العضوnoun

1.
member, limbboth
A single part of an animal's body, such as a sheep, or any substantial bone with its flesh. The plural is 'a'ḍā'.

أعضاءnoun

1.
members, limbsboth
The plural of 'uḍw, referring to the parts or limbs of an animal or other entity.

عضّىverb

1.
to divide into partsboth
To cut up a slaughtered animal into its constituent parts or members. It can also mean to distribute or divide something.

تعضيةnoun

1.
division into partsboth
The act of dividing something into parts or members, derived from the concept of 'a'ḍā'. It signifies fragmentation or distribution.
2.
distributionclassical
The act of distributing or dividing something, especially in the context of inheritance where division might cause harm.

معضىadjective

1.
divisibleclassical
Something that is divided or distributed. In the phrase 'not the divisible thing', it implies something that should not be divided.

عضةnoun

1.
piece, fragmentboth
A piece or fragment of something. It is used to refer to a portion of the Quran that is believed in or rejected.
2.
partboth
A division or a part of something. It can also refer to a portion of scripture.

عضينnoun

1.
parts, fragmentsboth
The plural of 'uḍah, referring to parts or fragments. It is used in the Quranic verse 'they made the Quran 'uḍīn', meaning they divided it into parts.

عضينnoun

1.
divisionsclassical
Referring to divisions or factions, particularly in the context of people dividing their beliefs about scripture.

عاضadjective

1.
distributorclassical
A man who distributes or divides. It is used to describe someone who is a distributor of sustenance or provisions.

عضونnoun

1.
groups, kindsclassical
A term used to denote different groups, kinds, or sorts of people, similar to 'firaq' and 'uzūn'.

Parallel reading

الواحد من أعضاء الشاة وغيرها، وقيل: هو كل عظم وافر بلحمه، وجمعهما أعضاء.

The single unit of the members of a sheep or other animal, and it is said: it is every bone abundant with its flesh, and their plural is 'a'ḍā'.

وعضى الذبيحة: قطعها أعضاء.

And 'aḍḍā' the carcass: to cut it into members.

وعضيت الشاة والجزور تعضية إذا جعلتها أعضاء وقسمتها.

And you divide a sheep or a camel 'ta'ḍyatan if you make it into members and divide it.

ما لو أن رجلا نحر جزورا وعضاها قبل غروب الشمس أي قطعها وفصل أعضاءها.

What if a man slaughtered a camel and divided it before sunset, meaning he cut it and separated its members.

وعضى الشيء: وزعه وفرقه؛ قال: وليس دين الله بالمعضى

And 'aḍḍā' the thing: he distributed it and divided it; he said: And the religion of God is not divisible.

وعضا مالا يعضوه إذا فرقه

And he divided wealth, he does not divide it if he distributes it.

لا تعضية في ميراث إلا فيما حمل القسم ؛ معناه أن يموت الميت ويدع شيئا إن قسم بين ورثته كان في ذلك ضرر على بعضهم أو على جميعهم، يقول فلا يقسم.

There is no division in inheritance except in what the division entails; meaning that the deceased dies and leaves something that if it were divided among his heirs, there would be harm to some or all of them, so it is not divided.

والتعضية: التفريق، وهو مأخوذ من الأعضاء.

And 'ta'ḍyah: is the separation, and it is taken from the members.

والشيء اليسير الذي لا يحتمل القسم مثل الحبة من الجوهر، لأنها إن فرقت لم ينتفع بها، وكذلك الطيلسان من الثياب والحمام وما أشبهه، وإذا أراد بعض الورثة القسم لم يجب إليه ولكن يباع ثم يقسم ثمنه بينهم.

And the small thing that does not bear division, like a grain of jewel, because if it were divided it would not be benefited from, and likewise a Turban from clothes and a bathhouse and the like. And if some of the heirs want division, it is not incumbent upon him, but it is sold and then its price is divided among them.

وفي التنزيل: جعلوا القرآن عضين ؛ واحدتها عضة ونقصانها الواو أو الهاء، وقد ذكره في باب الهاء.

And in the Revelation: 'They made the Quran 'uḍīn'; its singular is 'uḍah, and its deficiency is the waw or the ha, and he mentioned it in the chapter of ha.

وأصلها عضوة، فنقصت الواو، كما قالوا عزة وأصلها عزوة، وثبة وأصلها ثبوة من ثبيت الشيء إذا جمعته؛

And its origin is 'uḍwah, so the waw was dropped, as they said 'izzah and its origin is 'izzwah, and thubbah and its origin is thubwah from thabata the thing if you gathered it.

أي جزؤوه أجزاء ، وقال الليث: أي جعلوا القرآن عضة عضة فتفرقوا فيه أي آمنوا ببعضه وكفروا ببعضه، وكل قطعة عضة؛

Meaning they divided it into parts. And Al-Layth said: Meaning they made the Quran piece by piece and differed concerning it, meaning they believed in some of it and disbelieved in some of it, and every piece is an 'uḍah.

فقالوا شعر وسحر وكهانة، قال المشركون: أساطير الأولين، وقالوا سحر، وقالوا شعر، وقالوا كهانة فقسموه هذه الأقسام وعضوه أعضاء،

So they said poetry, magic, and divination. The polytheists said: 'Tales of the ancients', and they said magic, and they said poetry, and they said divination, so they divided it into these divisions and divided it into members.

وقيل: إن أهل الكتاب آمنوا ببعض وكفروا ببعض كما فعل المشركون أي فرقوه كما تعضى الشاة؛

And it is said: The People of the Book believed in some and disbelieved in some, as the polytheists did, meaning they divided it as a sheep is divided.

في الدار فرق من الناس وعزون وعضون وأصناف بمعنى واحد.

In the house are divisions of people, and 'uzūn, and 'uḍūn, and kinds, with one meaning.