الردء

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of support, aid, and reinforcement. It extends to meanings of improvement, sustenance, and also deterioration or corruption.

Derived headwords

الرِّدْءُnoun

1.
Aid, helpboth
Assistance or support provided to someone or something.
2.
Provision, supplyboth
Resources or materials that are provided or available.
3.
Heavy justiceclassical
A weighty or significant form of justice or fairness.

رَدَأَverb

1.
To support, aidboth
To provide support, strength, or assistance to someone or something.
2.
To prop up (a wall)both
To provide structural support to a wall, preventing it from collapsing.
3.
To throw (a stone)both
To hurl or cast a stone at something.
4.
To care for (camels)both
To look after and manage camels effectively and well.

رَدْءًاnoun

1.
Support, strengthboth
The state of being supported, or the source of strength.
2.
Pillar, supportboth
Something that serves as a foundation or main support.

أَرْدَأَverb

1.
To aid, helpboth
To provide assistance or support to someone.
2.
To add toboth
To increase or augment something, such as a quantity.
3.
To lower (a curtain)both
To let down or draw a curtain.
4.
To settle, calmboth
To make something tranquil or stable.
5.
To spoil, corruptboth
To cause something to become damaged or ruined.
6.
To confirm, establishboth
To make something firm or certain.
7.
To do something badboth
To perform an action that is morally wrong or undesirable.
8.
To befall (something bad)both
For something negative or unfortunate to happen to someone.

أَرْدَأَهُverb

1.
To make him a supportclassical
To establish someone as a source of strength or aid.

أَرْدَأَ عَلَى مِئَةٍverb phrase

1.
To add to a hundredboth
To increase a quantity beyond one hundred.

أَرْدَأَ السِّتْرَverb phrase

1.
To lower the curtainboth
To draw down or let fall a curtain.

رَدُؤَverb

1.
To become corrupt, badboth
To deteriorate in quality or character; to become spoiled or wicked.

رَدَاءَةًnoun

1.
Badness, corruptionboth
The state of being morally bad, corrupt, or of poor quality.

رَدِيءٌadjective

1.
Bad, corruptboth
Of poor quality, morally corrupt, or wicked.

أَرْدِئَاءٌnoun

1.
Bad things, evilsclassical
Plural of 'radyi', referring to wicked deeds or corrupt matters.

Parallel reading

العون، والمادة، والعدل الثقيل.

Aid, provision, and weighty justice.

وردأه به، كمنعه: جعله له ردءا وقوة وعمادا

And he made it a support for him, like making it a provision, strength, and a pillar.

و الحائط: دعمه، كأردأه

And the wall: he supported it, like making it supported.

و بحجر: رماه به

And with a stone: he threw it at him.

و الإبل: أحسن القيام عليها.

And the camels: he took excellent care of them.

وأردأه: أعانه

And he aided him: he helped him.

و على مئة: زاد

And to a hundred: he added.

و الستر: أرخاه، وسكنه، وأفسده، وأقره، وفعل رديئا، أو أصابه.

And the curtain: he lowered it, settled it, spoiled it, confirmed it, did something bad, or it befell him.

وردؤ، ككرم، رداءة: فسد

And it became bad, like 'karuma', in badness: it became corrupt.

فهو رديء من أردئاء، بهمزتين.

So he is bad, from 'ardiaa', with two hamzas.