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ءبو

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to fatherhood and ancestry. It can also refer to a paternal grandfather or an ancestor. In some contexts, it might denote a progenitor or a source of something.

Derived headwords

أَبُوname
  1. 1.
    fatherboth

    The male parent of a child. It is often used in kunyas (patronymics) as well.

أبو حدرد الأسلميname
  1. 1.
    Abu Hadrad al-Aslamiclassical

    A Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known for a specific linguistic phenomenon.

حَدْرَدadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing someone of short stature.

Parallel reading

أبو حدرد الأسلمي: صحابي
Abu Hadrad al-Aslami: a Companion (of the Prophet).
ولم يجئ "فعلع" بتكرير العين غيره
And the pattern 'fa'la'a' with a repeated middle root letter did not occur except for him.
والحدرد: القصير
And al-Hadrad: the short one.
كذا في "شرح التسهيل"
Thus it is in 'Sharh al-Tasheel'.