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حضء

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of igniting or fanning a fire to make it burn more intensely. It also extends to terms for the tool used for this purpose and a description of something being perfectly ripe or white.

Derived headwords

حَضَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to igniteboth

    To ignite a fire, or to fan it to make it burn more fiercely.

أَحْتَضَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to igniteboth

    To ignite a fire, or to fan it to make it burn more fiercely (used in the VIII form).

تَحَضَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    to be ignitedboth

    To be ignited or fanned into burning more fiercely (passive of حضأ).

مِحْضَأnoun
  1. 1.
    fire-stickclassical

    A stick used for fanning or igniting a fire.

مِحْضَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    fire-stickclassical

    A stick used for fanning or igniting a fire.

حَضِيءadjective
  1. 1.
    perfectly ripeclassical

    Describing fruit that is perfectly ripe.

  2. 2.
    perfectly whiteclassical

    Describing something as perfectly white or pure.

Parallel reading

حَضَأَ النارَ
He ignited the fire.
أو قدها، أو فتحها لتلتهب
Ignite it, or open it up so it flares.
كاحتضأها
As if he ignited it.
فَحَضَأَتْ
And it ignited.
والمحضأ والمحضاء: عود يحضأ به
And the miḥḍa' and miḥḍā': a stick with which one fans the fire.
وأبيض حضيء: يقق
And white ḥaḍī': perfectly white.