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خدبه

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking, cutting, and wounding, often with a sword. It extends to concepts of width, softness, and sometimes to characteristics of people or animals like being tall, old, or large. It also encompasses abstract ideas like opinion, guidance, and destruction.

Derived headwords

خَدَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike with a sword.

  2. 2.
    to cut fleshclassical

    To cut the flesh without reaching the bone.

  3. 3.
    to strike the headclassical

    To strike the head.

  4. 4.
    to biteclassical

    To bite.

  5. 5.
    to milk copiouslyclassical

    To milk an animal abundantly.

  6. 6.
    to lieclassical

    To tell falsehoods.

خَدْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wide woundclassical

    A wide wound, especially one that is deep.

خَدْبَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-woundingclassical

    Describing a strike or wound that is wide.

  2. 2.
    wideclassical

    Wide, spacious.

  3. 3.
    softclassical

    Soft, pliable, referring to armor.

خَدْبnoun
  1. 1.
    impetuosityclassical

    Rashness, impetuosity, or recklessness.

  2. 2.
    tallnessclassical

    Tallness or length.

خَدَبadjective
  1. 1.
    impetuousclassical

    Rash, impetuous, or reckless.

  2. 2.
    tallclassical

    Tall.

أَخْدَبadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Tall.

  2. 2.
    headstrongclassical

    One whose head is ridden, meaning stubborn or headstrong.

مُتَخَدِّبadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Tall.

خَيْدَبnoun
  1. 1.
    clear pathclassical

    A clear, well-trodden path.

  2. 2.
    place nameclassical

    A specific location, a sandy area belonging to the Banu Sa'd tribe.

خَيْدَبَتُكَnoun
  1. 1.
    your first opinionclassical

    Your initial opinion or plan.

خَيْدَبadjective
  1. 1.
    cuttingclassical

    That which cuts.

تَخَدُّبnoun
  1. 1.
    moderate paceclassical

    A moderate or middle pace of walking or traveling.

وَادِي خَدَبَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    destructionclassical

    A valley associated with destruction or ruin.

  2. 2.
    going astrayclassical

    Deviating from the right course or intention.

خَدَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wideclassical

    To be wide or spacious.

خَدَبnoun
  1. 1.
    old manclassical

    An old man.

  2. 2.
    large ostrichclassical

    A large, stout ostrich or other creature.

  3. 3.
    strong camelclassical

    A strong, robust camel.

  4. 4.
    large personclassical

    A large or stout person.

Parallel reading

خَدَبَهُ بالسيف: ضربه
He struck him with the sword: he hit him.
أو قطع اللحم دون العظم
Or he cut the flesh without the bone.
أو هو ضرب الرأس
Or it is striking the head.
والعض
And biting.
والكذب
And lying.
والحلب الكثير
And abundant milking.
وضربة خدباء: هجمت على الجوف
And a wide strike: it attacked the vital organs.
وحربة خدباء وخدبة، كفرحة: واسعة الجرح
And a wide spearhead and a wide wound, like 'farhah': a wide wound.
ودرع خدباء: واسعة، أو لينة
And a wide coat of mail: it is wide, or soft.
والخدب، محركة: الهوج، والطول
And al-khadab, with harakah: impetuosity, and tallness.
وهو خدب، ككتف، وأخدب ومتخدب
And he is tall, like 'katif', and akhdab and mutakhaddib.
والخدب، كهجف: الشيخ، والعظيم، والضخم من النعام وغيره، والجمل الشديد الصلب
And al-khadab, like 'hajaf': the old man, the great one, the large one among ostriches and others, and the strong, solid camel.
والأخدب: الطويل، والذي يركب رأسه
And al-akhdab: the tall one, and the one whose head is ridden (stubborn).
والخيدب: الطريق الواضح
And al-khaydab: the clear path.
وخيدبتك: رأيك وأمرك الأول
And khaydibatak: your opinion and your first matter.
وكالكتف: القاطع
And like 'al-katif': the cutter.
والتخدب: السير الوسط
And al-takhaddub: the moderate pace.
ووادي خدبات، بكسر الدال: الهلاك، أو الخروج عن القصد
And Wadi Khadabat, with kasrah on the dal: destruction, or deviating from the intention.