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مدحه

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of praise, commendation, and eulogy. It extends to related ideas such as boasting, exaggeration, and even physical expansion of land or body parts.

Derived headwords

مَدَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to praise himboth

    To offer excellent praise and commendation to someone.

مَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to praiseboth

    To offer excellent praise and commendation to someone.

مَدْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    praiseboth

    The act of offering excellent praise and commendation.

مَدْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    praiseboth

    An instance or act of praise and commendation.

تَمَدَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    to pretend to be praiseworthyboth

    To deliberately seek praise, often by feigning praiseworthy qualities.

  2. 2.
    to boastboth

    To brag or vaunt oneself.

  3. 3.
    to exaggerate one's possessionsclassical

    To claim to have more than one actually possesses.

امْتَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to praiseboth

    To offer praise and commendation.

تَمَدَّحَverb
  1. 1.
    land expandedclassical

    The land became wide and spacious.

الْخَاصِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    waist expandedclassical

    The waist became wide and spacious.

امْتَدَحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    expandedclassical

    Became wide and spacious (referring to land or waist).

امْدَحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    expandedclassical

    Became wide and spacious (referring to land or waist).

الْمَدِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    praiseboth

    That by which one is praised; commendation.

الْأَمْدُوحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    eulogyboth

    A piece of praise or commendation.

مَمْدُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    very praiseworthyboth

    Extremely worthy of praise; highly commendable.

مَدَائِحnoun
  1. 1.
    praisesboth

    Plural of praise; commendations.

أَمَادِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    eulogiesboth

    Plural of eulogy; pieces of praise.

Parallel reading

مدحه، كمنعه، مدحا ومدحة: أحسن الثناء عليه
He praised him, like 'he prevented him', with praise and a praise: he offered him excellent commendation.
تمدحه وامتدحه وتمدحه
He praised him, sought his praise, and praised him.
والمديح والمدحة والأمدوحة: ما يمدح به
And the praise, the praise, and the eulogy: that by which one is praised.
ج: مدائح وأماديح
Plural: praises and eulogies.
وممدح، كمحمد: ممدوح جدا
And very praiseworthy, like Muhammad: extremely praised.
وتمدح: تكلف أن يمدح
And he sought praise: he exerted himself to be praised.
وافتخر
And he boasted.
وتشبع بما ليس عنده
And he claimed to have what he did not possess.
و الأرض، و الخاصرة: اتسعتا
And the land, and the waist: they became wide.
كامتدحت وامدحت، كادكرت
Like it expanded and it expanded, like it remembered.
ووهم الجوهري في قوله: امدحت، لغة في اندحت
And Al-Jawhari was mistaken in his saying: 'imdaḥat', it is a variant for 'indahaḥat'.