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بدده

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of scattering, dispersing, and separating things or people. It also extends to meanings related to distance, separation, and sometimes exhaustion or a state of being spread out. Several derived terms describe different forms of dispersal, division, and even specific objects or conditions associated with separation.

Derived headwords

بددهverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter, disperseboth

    To cause something to scatter or disperse; to break up a group.

  2. 2.
    to exhaust, wearyclassical

    To make someone tired or exhausted.

  3. 3.
    to distance, keep awayclassical

    To move something or someone away; to keep them at a distance.

  4. 4.
    to hold back, restrainclassical

    To prevent someone from proceeding; to restrain them.

بدده تبديدا: فرقه فتبدد — He scattered it, and it was scattered.
بدده تبديدا: أعيا — He exhausted him.
بدده تبديدا: نعس وهو قاعد لا يرقد — He became drowsy while sitting without sleeping.
تبديدnoun
  1. 1.
    scattering, dispersalboth

    The act of scattering or dispersing; dissipation.

  2. 2.
    exhaustionclassical

    The state of being exhausted or worn out.

تبددverb
  1. 1.
    to be scattered, dispersedboth

    To become scattered or dispersed; to break up.

بدادnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describing things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

  2. 2.
    a portion, shareclassical

    A part or share of something.

  3. 3.
    a type of saddle paddingclassical

    The stuffing placed under a saddle or pack to prevent chafing.

  4. 4.
    a communal gathering and divisionclassical

    An act where people contribute something and then divide it among themselves.

وجاءت الخيل بداد بداد — And the horses came scattered.
وبداد بداد — And scattered.
وبدد بدد — And scattered.
وبددا بددا — And scattered.
والبداد: النصيب من كل شيء — And al-badad: the share of everything.
وبداد السرج والقتب: ذلك المحشو الذي تحتهما لئلا يدبر الفرس — And the badad of the saddle and the pack: that stuffing beneath them so the horse does not get sores.
والبداد والبدادة والمبادة: أن يخرج كل إنسان شيئا، ثم يجمع، فيبقونه بينهم — And al-badad, al-badadah, and al-mubadah: that each person brings out something, then it is gathered, and they keep it among themselves.
وبايعه بددا — And he sold to him in portions.
وباده مبادة وبدادا: باعه معارضة — And he traded with him in exchange and in portions.
بددverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter, disperseboth

    To scatter or disperse something.

بددnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describing things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

بدداnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describing things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

  2. 2.
    a portion, shareclassical

    A part or share of something.

وبددا بددا — And scattered.
وقد بددت، كفرحت، بددا — And I became scattered, like 'farah-tu', with 'badad-an'.
بدverb
  1. 1.
    to be scatteredclassical

    To become scattered or dispersed.

وقد بددت، كفرحت، بددا — And I became scattered, like 'farah-tu', with 'badad-an'.
تباديدnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describing things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

وذهبوا تباديد وأباديد — And they went scattered.
وطير أباديد وتباديد — And scattered birds.
أباديدnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describing things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

وذهبوا تباديد وأباديد — And they went scattered.
وطير أباديد وتباديد — And scattered birds.
أبدadjective
  1. 1.
    wide-hippedclassical

    Describing a person with widely separated thighs.

  2. 2.
    large in buildclassical

    Describing someone of great stature, with parts far from each other.

  3. 3.
    wide-leggedclassical

    Describing a person with widely separated legs.

ورجل أبد: متباعد اليدين، أو عظيم الخلق، المتباعد بعضه من بعض، والمتباعد ما بين الفخذين — And a man 'abad: with hands far apart, or of great build, with parts far from each other, and with distance between the thighs.
بددnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describing things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

البدnoun
  1. 1.
    exhaustion, fatigueclassical

    The state of being tired or exhausted.

  2. 2.
    an idolclassical

    A statue worshipped as a deity; also, the house of an idol.

  3. 3.
    a share, portionclassical

    A part or share of something.

والبد: التعب — And al-bad: fatigue.
والبد: الصنم — And al-bad: the idol.
والبد: النصيب من كل شيء — And al-bad: the share of everything.
البدnoun
  1. 1.
    a mosquitoclassical

    A small flying insect, a mosquito.

وبالكسر: المثل، والنظير، كالبديد والبديدة، وبالضم: البعوض — And with kasra: the like, the equal, like al-badid and al-badidah, and with damma: mosquitoes.
البديدnoun
  1. 1.
    like, equalclassical

    Something that is similar or equal to another.

  2. 2.
    saddle paddingclassical

    The stuffing placed under a saddle or pack.

  3. 3.
    expense, costclassical

    The cost or expenditure for something.

  4. 4.
    a vast desertclassical

    A large, empty, and desolate desert area.

وبالكسر: المثل، والنظير، كالبديد والبديدة — And with kasra: the like, the equal, like al-badid and al-badidah.
والبديد: الخرج، والمفازة الواسعة — And al-badid: the expense, and the vast desert.
البديدةnoun
  1. 1.
    like, equalclassical

    Something that is similar or equal to another.

  2. 2.
    a calamity, disasterclassical

    A severe misfortune or disaster.

وبالكسر: المثل، والنظير، كالبديد والبديدة — And with kasra: the like, the equal, like al-badid and al-badidah.
والبديدة: الداهية — And al-badidah: the calamity.
لا بدparticle
  1. 1.
    inevitably, certainlyboth

    Used to express certainty or inevitability; there is no escaping it.

  2. 2.
    no separationclassical

    Indicates that there is no possibility of parting or separation.

ولا بد: لا فراق، ولا محالة — And la budda: no separation, and no avoiding it.
البدادnoun
  1. 1.
    saddle paddingclassical

    The stuffing placed under a saddle or pack.

  2. 2.
    a communal gathering and divisionclassical

    An act where people contribute something and then divide it among themselves.

  3. 3.
    a share, portionclassical

    A part or share of something.

  4. 4.
    dueling, single combatclassical

    The act of fighting one-on-one, especially in a duel.

وبداد السرج والقتب: ذلك المحشو الذي تحتهما لئلا يدبر الفرس — And the badad of the saddle and the pack: that stuffing beneath them so the horse does not get sores.
والبداد والبدادة والمبادة: أن يخرج كل إنسان شيئا، ثم يجمع، فيبقونه بينهم — And al-badad, al-badadah, and al-mubadah: that each person brings out something, then it is gathered, and they keep it among themselves.
والبداد: لبد يشد على الدابة الدبرة — And al-badad: a felt pad tied to the horse where it has a sore.
والبداد: المبارزة — And al-badad: dueling.
ولو كان البداد لما أطاقونا، أي: لو بارزناهم رجل رجل — And if it were dueling, they would not have been able to bear us, meaning: if we had dueled them man to man.
البدادةnoun
  1. 1.
    a communal gathering and divisionclassical

    An act where people contribute something and then divide it among themselves.

والبداد والبدادة والمبادة: أن يخرج كل إنسان شيئا، ثم يجمع، فيبقونه بينهم — And al-badad, al-badadah, and al-mubadah: that each person brings out something, then it is gathered, and they keep it among themselves.
المبادةnoun
  1. 1.
    a communal gathering and divisionclassical

    An act where people contribute something and then divide it among themselves.

  2. 2.
    trading in exchangeclassical

    The act of buying or selling something in exchange for another.

والبداد والبدادة والمبادة: أن يخرج كل إنسان شيئا، ثم يجمع، فيبقونه بينهم — And al-badad, al-badadah, and al-mubadah: that each person brings out something, then it is gathered, and they keep it among themselves.
وباده مبادة وبدادا: باعه معارضة — And he traded with him in exchange and in portions.
بادهverb
  1. 1.
    to trade in exchangeclassical

    To buy or sell something in exchange for another.

وباده مبادة وبدادا: باعه معارضة — And he traded with him in exchange and in portions.
بدهverb
  1. 1.
    to distance, keep awayclassical

    To move something or someone away; to keep them at a distance.

  2. 2.
    to hold back, restrainclassical

    To prevent someone from proceeding; to restrain them.

  3. 3.
    to move away fromclassical

    To distance oneself from something or someone.

وبده: أبعده وكفه، وتجافى به — And badaha: he moved it away and restrained it, and kept away from it.
البادnoun
  1. 1.
    inner thighclassical

    The inner part of the thigh.

والباد: باطن الفخذ — And al-bad: the inner thigh.
البداءadjective
  1. 1.
    large-hippedclassical

    Describing a woman with wide hips.

والبداء: الضخمة الإسكتين — And al-badaa: the one with large hip bones.
البدةnoun
  1. 1.
    the utmost limit, the extremeclassical

    The furthest point or extent of something.

  2. 2.
    a communal gathering and divisionclassical

    An act where people contribute something and then divide it among themselves.

  3. 3.
    capacity, abilityclassical

    The ability or power to do something.

والبدة، بالضم: الغاية — And al-badah, with damma: the limit.
والبدة: طاقة — And al-badah: capacity.
أباديدadjective
  1. 1.
    scattered, dispersedboth

    Describing things or people that are scattered or dispersed.

وطير أباديد وتباديد — And scattered birds.
ابتداهverb
  1. 1.
    to approach from the sidesclassical

    To come at someone or something from their sides.

وابتدأه ابتدادا: أخذاه من جانبيه، أو أتياه منهما — And ibtadaahu ibtidaadan: they took him from his sides, or they came to him from them.
ابتداداnoun
  1. 1.
    approaching from the sidesclassical

    The act of approaching someone or something from their sides.

وابتدأه ابتدادا: أخذاه من جانبيه، أو أتياه منهما — And ibtadaahu ibtidaadan: they took him from his sides, or they came to him from them.
بددnoun
  1. 1.
    need, necessityclassical

    A requirement or something that is needed.

والبدد: الحاجة — And al-badad: the need.
الأبدnoun
  1. 1.
    a weaverclassical

    A person who weaves cloth.

  2. 2.
    a horse with wide-set legsclassical

    A horse characterized by a wide distance between its legs.

  3. 3.
    a lionclassical

    A lion, often referred to metaphorically.

والأبد: الحائك، والفرس بعيد ما بين اليدين — And al-abad: the weaver, and the horse with a wide distance between its legs.
والأبد الزنيم: الأسد — And al-abad al-zanīm: the lion.
تبددواverb
  1. 1.
    to divide, partitionclassical

    To divide something into portions or shares.

  2. 2.
    to take all ofclassical

    To take the entirety of something, such as jewelry.

وتبددوا الشيء: اقتسموه بددا: حصصا — And tabaddadū al-shay': they divided the thing: into portions.
وتبددوا الشيء: الحلي صدر الجارية: أخذه كله — And tabaddadū al-shay': the jewelry on a maiden's chest: he took all of it.
بدبدinterjection
  1. 1.
    well done, bravoclassical

    An expression of praise or approval.

وبدبد، أي: بخ بخ — And badbad, meaning: well done.
تبادواverb
  1. 1.
    to meet their matchclassical

    To encounter an equal opponent.

  2. 2.
    to take one's opponentclassical

    To face or engage one's adversary.

وتبادوا، ولقوا بدادهم، بمعنى، أي: أخذوا أقرانهم لكل رجل رجل — And tabādaw, and they met their match, meaning: they took their equals, each man his man.
وكقطام، أي: ليأخذ كل رجل قرنه — And like qatām, meaning: so that each man takes his peer.
استبدverb
  1. 1.
    to be unique, to be aloneboth

    To be singular or to be by oneself.

واستبد به: تفرد — And istabadda bihi: he became unique with it.
أبدverb
  1. 1.
    to extend, stretch outclassical

    To stretch one's hand out towards the ground.

  2. 2.
    to distributeclassical

    To give out shares of something among people.

وأبد يده: مدها إلى الأرض — And abada yadah: he extended his hand towards the ground.
وأبد العطاء بينهم: أعطى كلا منهم بدته — And abada al-'atā' baynahum: he gave each of them his portion.
البددnoun
  1. 1.
    need, necessityclassical

    A requirement or something that is needed.

والبدد: الحاجة — And al-badad: the need.

Parallel reading

بدده تبديدا: فرقه فتبدد
He scattered it, and it was scattered.
بدده تبديدا: أعيا
He exhausted him.
وجاءت الخيل بداد بداد
And the horses came scattered.
وبد رجليه: فرقهما
And he spread his legs apart: he separated them.
وذهبوا تباديد وأباديد
And they went scattered.
ورجل أبد: متباعد اليدين، أو عظيم الخلق، المتباعد بعضه من بعض، والمتباعد ما بين الفخذين
And a man 'abad: with hands far apart, or of great build, with parts far from each other, and with distance between the thighs.
وقد بددت، كفرحت، بددا
And I became scattered, like 'farah-tu', with 'badad-an'.
والبد: التعب
And al-bad: fatigue.
وبالكسر: المثل، والنظير، كالبديد والبديدة، وبالضم: البعوض، والصنم، معرب: بت، ج: بددة وأبداد، وبيت الصنم، والنصيب من كل شيء، كالبداد، بالكسر، والبداد والبدة، بالضم
And with kasra: the like, the equal, like al-badid and al-badidah, and with damma: mosquitoes, and the idol, a Persian loanword: 'bit', plural: badadah and abdad, and the house of the idol, and the share of everything, like al-badad, with kasra, and al-badad and al-badah, with damma.
ولا بد: لا فراق، ولا محالة
And la budda: no separation, and no avoiding it.
وبداد السرج والقتب: ذلك المحشو الذي تحتهما لئلا يدبر الفرس
And the badad of the saddle and the pack: that stuffing beneath them so the horse does not get sores.
والبديد: الخرج، والمفازة الواسعة
And al-badid: the expense, and the vast desert.
والبداد والبدادة والمبادة: أن يخرج كل إنسان شيئا، ثم يجمع، فيبقونه بينهم
And al-badad, al-badadah, and al-mubadah: that each person brings out something, then it is gathered, and they keep it among themselves.
وبايعه بددا، وباده مبادة وبدادا: باعه معارضة
And he sold to him in portions, and he traded with him in exchange and in portions: he sold to him in exchange.
وبده: أبعده وكفه، وتجافى به
And badaha: he moved it away and restrained it, and kept away from it.
والباد: باطن الفخذ
And al-bad: the inner thigh.
والبداء: الضخمة الإسكتين
And al-badaa: the one with large hip bones.
والبدة، بالضم: الغاية
And al-badah, with damma: the limit.
وطير أباديد وتباديد: متفرقة
And scattered birds: dispersed.
وابتدأه ابتدادا: أخذاه من جانبيه، أو أتياه منهما
And ibtadaahu ibtidaadan: they took him from his sides, or they came to him from them.
وماله به بدد وبدة: طاقة
And he has no capacity for it, and no strength: ability.
والبديدة: الداهية
And al-badidah: the calamity.
والأبد: الحائك، والفرس بعيد ما بين اليدين
And al-abad: the weaver, and the horse with a wide distance between its legs.
والأبد الزنيم: الأسد
And al-abad al-zanīm: the lion.
وتبددوا الشيء: اقتسموه بددا: حصصا
And tabaddadū al-shay': they divided the thing: into portions.
وتبددوا الشيء: الحلي صدر الجارية: أخذه كله
And tabaddadū al-shay': the jewelry on a maiden's chest: he took all of it.
وبدبد، أي: بخ بخ
And badbad, meaning: well done.
وتبادوا، ولقوا بدادهم، بمعنى، أي: أخذوا أقرانهم لكل رجل رجل
And tabādaw, and they met their match, meaning: they took their equals, each man his man.
واستبد به: تفرد
And istabadda bihi: he became unique with it.
وأبد يده: مدها إلى الأرض
And abada yadah: he extended his hand towards the ground.
وأبد العطاء بينهم: أعطى كلا منهم بدته
And abada al-'atā' baynahum: he gave each of them his portion.
والبدد: الحاجة
And al-badad: the need.
وكزبير: جد حلزة بن مكروه
And like zubayr: the grandfather of Hilzah ibn Makruh.