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هدء

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of stillness, quietness, and cessation of activity. It extends to meanings of settling in a place, death, and specific times of the night. It also describes physical states like a camel's hump diminishing and a horse's condition.

Derived headwords

هدأverb
  1. 1.
    to be stillboth

    To become calm, quiet, or still.

  2. 2.
    to settleboth

    To reside or settle in a place.

  3. 3.
    to dieclassical

    To pass away or die.

هدءاnoun
  1. 1.
    stillnessboth

    The state of being still or quiet.

هدوءاnoun
  1. 1.
    calmnessboth

    A state of tranquility and quietness.

أهدأتهverb
  1. 1.
    to make stillboth

    To cause someone or something to become still or quiet.

أهدأه اللهverb
  1. 1.
    may God not grant him restclassical

    A curse meaning 'May God not grant him rest from hardship or distress'.

هدء من الليلnoun
  1. 1.
    part of the nightboth

    A portion of the night, specifically the early part up to a third.

هدءnoun
  1. 1.
    early nightboth

    The early part of the night, up to its first third.

هدأةnoun
  1. 1.
    early nightboth

    The early part of the night, up to its first third.

  2. 2.
    sustenance for the nightclassical

    Provisions or sustenance for a night.

مهدإnoun
  1. 1.
    early nightboth

    The early part of the night, up to its first third.

هديءnoun
  1. 1.
    early nightboth

    The early part of the night, up to its first third.

هدوءnoun
  1. 1.
    early nightboth

    The early part of the night, up to its first third.

الهديnoun
  1. 1.
    way of walkingclassical

    A manner or style of walking or moving.

بهاءname
  1. 1.
    Bahaaclassical

    A place name, specifically a location between Ta'if and Mecca.

هدويadjective
  1. 1.
    related to Bahaaclassical

    Pertaining to the place named Bahaa, used unusually.

هدأة ليلةnoun
  1. 1.
    night's sustenanceclassical

    The provisions or sustenance for a night.

هدئverb
  1. 1.
    to be madclassical

    To be insane or mentally unsound.

أهدأه الكبرverb
  1. 1.
    old age made him madclassical

    Old age caused him to become insane.

الهدأnoun
  1. 1.
    diminished camel humpclassical

    The smallness of a camel's hump due to excessive حمل (carrying).

  2. 2.
    a type of runningclassical

    A specific gait or manner of running.

الأهدأadjective
  1. 1.
    sloping shoulderclassical

    Describing the upper part of the shoulder as sloping and relaxed, often due to carrying a heavy load.

أهدأه اللهverb
  1. 1.
    God made his shoulder slopeclassical

    God caused his shoulder to become sloping and relaxed.

الهداءةnoun
  1. 1.
    lean male horseclassical

    A lean or emaciated male horse, specifically.

مهيدئتهnoun
  1. 1.
    its former stateclassical

    Its condition or state as it was before, a diminutive of 'mahda'ah'.

الهدآءadjective
  1. 1.
    camel with a diminished humpclassical

    A female camel whose hump has diminished due to carrying a load.

Parallel reading

هدأ، كمنع، هدءا وهدوءا: سكن
Hada'a, like mana'a, (with masdars) hada'an and hudū'an: to be still.
وأهدأته
And I made him/it still.
و بالمكان: أقام
And in a place: to settle.
و فلان: مات
And so-and-so: to die.
ولا أهدأه الله: لا أسكن عناه ونصبه
And may God not grant him rest: meaning 'May God not grant him rest from his hardship and toil'.
وأتانا بعد هدء من الليل
And he came to us after a part of the night.
وهدء وهدأة ومهدإ وهديء وهدوء، أي: حين هدأ الليل والرجل، أو الهدء: أول الليل إلى ثلثه
And had'un, had'atun, mahda'un, hadī'un, and hudū'un, meaning: when the night and the man became still, or had'u: the first part of the night up to its third.
والسيرة كالهدي
And the manner of walking is like al-hady.
وبهاء: ع بين الطائف ومكة
And Bahaa: a place between Ta'if and Mecca.
وهو هدوي، على غير قياس
And it is hadawiyy, unconventionally.
وماله هدأة ليلة، بالكسر: قوتها
And he has no had'atun of the night, with kasr: meaning its sustenance.
وهدئ، كفرح، فهو أهدأ: جنئ
And hadi'a, like fariha, so he is ahda'u: mad.
وأهدأه الكبر
And old age made him mad.
والهدأ، محركة: صغر السنام من كثرة الحمل
And al-hada'u, with harakah: the smallness of the hump from excessive carrying.
وبهاء: ضرب من العدو
And bahā'un: a type of running.
والأهدأ: المنكب درم أعلاه واسترخى حمله، وقد أهدأه الله
And al-ahda'u: the shoulder, its upper part is relaxed and its load is slackened, and God has made it so.
والهداءة، كرمانة: الفرس الضامر، خاص بالذكور
And al-hadā'atun, like rummānatun: the lean horse, specific to males.
وتركته على مهيدئته: حاله التي كان عليها، تصغير المهدأة
And I left him on his muhaydi'atihi: his state as he was, a diminutive of al-mahda'ah.
والهدآء: ناقة هدئ سنامها من الحمل
And al-hadā'u: a female camel whose hump has diminished from carrying.