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جارية

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root describes qualities of softness, tenderness, and paleness, often associated with physical attributes like skin, flesh, or plants. It can also refer to something that is delicate, easily moved, or of poor quality.

Derived headwords

عَبْرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be white and softclassical

    To be characterized by whiteness and extreme softness, to the point of trembling.

عَبْرَدٌadjective
  1. 1.
    white and softclassical

    Describing a person or thing as white, soft, and tender, often implying a delicate trembling due to its softness.

عَبْرَدَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    whiteness and softnessclassical

    The state or quality of being white and soft, particularly when it causes trembling.

عَبَارِدٌadjective
  1. 1.
    white and softclassical

    Describing something as white, soft, and tender.

عَبْرُودٌadjective
  1. 1.
    soft and tenderclassical

    Describing something, like a branch or fat, as soft, tender, and yielding.

  2. 2.
    tremblingclassical

    Specifically used for fat that is so soft it trembles.

عَبَارِيدٌadjective
  1. 1.
    soft and tenderclassical

    Plural form describing things as soft and tender.

عَبْرُودَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    softness and tendernessclassical

    The quality of being soft and tender.

عَبْرَدِيٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    pale and softclassical

    Describing a person as pale and soft, implying tenderness.

عَبْرَدِيَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    paleness and softnessclassical

    The state of being pale and soft.

عُشْبٌ عَبْرَدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    thin, poor grassclassical

    Refers to grass that is thin, weak, and of poor quality.

غُصْنٌ عَبْرُودٌnoun
  1. 1.
    soft, tender branchclassical

    A branch that is soft, pliable, and tender.

شَحْمٌ عَبْرُودٌnoun
  1. 1.
    trembling fatclassical

    Fat that is so soft and yielding that it trembles.

Parallel reading

جارية عبرد، كقنفذ وعلبط وعلبطة وعلابط: بيضاء ناعمة، ترتج من نعمتها.
A jariya (female slave/young woman) 'abrad, like qunfudh and 'albat and 'albatat and 'alabitat: white, soft, trembling from her softness.
وعشب عبرد: رقيق رديء.
And 'abrad grass: thin, poor.
وغصن عبرود وعبارد: ناعم لين.
And a soft/tender branch ('abrud and 'abard): soft, pliable.
وشحم عبرود: إذا كان يرتج.
And 'abrud fat: if it is trembling.