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خضد

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

The root خضد (kh-ḍ-d) primarily relates to the concept of breaking, cutting, or crushing. It extends to meanings of eating forcefully, weakness or atrophy, and specific types of trees or plants. It can also describe a person who eats a lot or is incapable of rising.

Derived headwords

خَضَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to breakboth

    To break a branch or stick, whether wet or dry, without it being completely separated.

  2. 2.
    to cutboth

    To cut something, such as a branch or stick.

  3. 3.
    to bendclassical

    For a camel to bend the neck of another camel, meaning to bend it.

  4. 4.
    to trimclassical

    To cut the thorns off a tree.

  5. 5.
    to eat heartilyboth

    To eat a lot, especially something moist like cucumbers or carrots.

خضد العود رطبا أو يابسا يخضده: كسره ولم يبن — He broke a branch, wet or dry, and it did not separate.
انْخَضَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be brokenboth

    To be broken, referring to a branch or stick that has been broken but not completely separated.

فانخضد — and it was broken
تَخَضَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be brokenboth

    To be broken, similar to انخضد, referring to a branch or stick.

وتخضد — and it was broken
الخَضْدnoun
  1. 1.
    atrophyclassical

    Shrinking or shriveling of fruits.

  2. 2.
    painclassical

    A pain that affects the limbs but is not severe enough to be a fracture.

والخضد، محركة: ضمور الثمار — And al-khud, when vocalized, is the shriveling of fruits.
الخِضَادnoun
  1. 1.
    painclassical

    A pain that affects the limbs, not severe enough to be a fracture, similar to الخضد.

كالخضاد، بالفتح — like al-khidād, with a fatha
اليَخْضُودnoun
  1. 1.
    cut branchclassical

    Anything cut from a moist branch or broken from a tree.

  2. 2.
    plantclassical

    A plant, or weakness and debility in a plant.

كاليخضود — like al-yakhdūd
خَضُودadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    Referring to weakness and debility in a plant.

مَخْضُودadjective
  1. 1.
    incapableclassical

    Unable to rise or move, weak.

كالمخضود — like al-makhdūd
خَضَّادadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy eaterclassical

    One who eats intensely or a great deal.

وكمنبر: الشديد الأكل — And like 'imr: the one who eats intensely.
أَخْضَدadjective
  1. 1.
    bendingclassical

    One who is bending or flexible.

والأخضد: المتثني — And al-akhḍad: the bending one.
أَخْضَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be livelyclassical

    For a young camel (muhr) to be lively, energetic, and playful.

أخضد المهر: جاذب المرود نشاطا ومرحا — The young camel was lively, pulling the eyeliner stick with energy and playfulness.
اخْتَضَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to bridleclassical

    For a camel to be bridled in order to be subdued.

  2. 2.
    to rideclassical

    To ride an animal.

اختضد البعير: خطمه ليذل — The camel was bridled to be subdued.
انْخَضَدَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be crushedclassical

    For fruits to be crushed or split open.

وانخضدت الثمار: تشدخت — and the fruits were crushed.
شَجَرnoun
  1. 1.
    treesclassical

    A type of tree.

وكسحاب: شجر — And like suhāb: trees.
مُتَخَضِّدadjective
  1. 1.
    bendingclassical

    One who is bending or flexible, similar to الأخضد.

كالمتخضد — like al-mutakhaḍḍid.

Parallel reading

خضد العود رطبا أو يابسا يخضده: كسره ولم يبن
He broke a branch, wet or dry, and it did not separate.
و قطعه
and to cut it.
و البعير عنق آخر: ثناه
and for a camel to bend the neck of another: to bend it.
و الشجر: قطع شوكه
and for trees: to cut their thorns.
و زيد: أكل أكلا شديدا، أو شيئا رطبا كالقثاء والجزر
and Zayd: ate a hearty meal, or something moist like cucumbers and carrots.
والخضد، محركة: ضمور الثمار، وانزواؤه
And al-khud, when vocalized, is the shriveling of fruits, and their shrinking.
ووجع يصيب الأعضاء لا يبلغ أن يكون كسرا
and a pain that affects the limbs, not reaching the level of a fracture.
كالخضاد، بالفتح
like al-khidād, with a fatha.
وكل ما قطع من عود رطب، أو تكسر من شجر
and everything cut from a moist branch, or broken from a tree.
كاليخضود
like al-yakhdūd.
ونبت، والتوهن، والضعف في النبات
and a plant, and weakness, and debility in a plant.
وككتف: العاجز عن النهوض
And like 'atiif: one incapable of rising.
كالمخضود
like al-makhdūd.
وكمنبر: الشديد الأكل
And like 'imbar: the one who eats intensely.
وكسحاب: شجر
And like suhāb: trees.
والأخضد: المتثني
And al-akhḍad: the bending one.
كالمتخضد
like al-mutakhaḍḍid.
وأخضد المهر: جاذب المرود نشاطا ومرحا
And the young camel was lively, pulling the eyeliner stick with energy and playfulness.
واختضد البعير: خطمه ليذل
And the camel was bridled to be subdued.
وركبه
and rode it.
وانخضدت الثمار: تشدخت
and the fruits were crushed: they split open.