العضد

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the upper arm, the part of the limb between the elbow and the shoulder. It extends metaphorically to mean support, assistance, and strength. Derived meanings also include parts of structures, specific plants, and tools.

Derived headwords

العَضُدnoun

1.
upper armboth
The part of the arm between the elbow and the shoulder.
2.
side, flankclassical
Referring to a side or flank, often in a metaphorical sense of support.
3.
supporter, helperclassical
One who aids or supports another.

العَضُدnoun

1.
structure supporting a basin or pathclassical
A construction that reinforces or encloses the sides of a basin, pool, or pathway.

العَضُدnoun

1.
row of date palmsclassical
A line or row of date palm trees.

وعضد وعضيد: الطريقة من النخل، ج: كغربان — And a row of date palms, plural like gharban.

عَضَدَverb

1.
to cutclassical
To sever or cut something, particularly a branch or limb.
2.
to support, aidboth
To help, assist, or support someone.

عضده يعضده: قطعه — He cut it, he cuts it.

وعضده: أعانه، ونصره — And he supported him: he aided him, and he helped him.

عَضَدَverb

1.
to complain of an armclassical
To experience pain or discomfort in one's arm.

وكعني: شكا عضده — And like 'anī: he complained of his arm.

العَضُدadjective

1.
one who supportsclassical
Describing someone who provides support or aid.
2.
one who complains of an armclassical
Someone suffering from pain in their arm.
3.
a male donkey with a specific mating postureclassical
A male donkey that gathers female donkeys around it for mating.

العاضِدadjective

1.
one who supportsclassical
An active supporter or helper.
2.
a camel that bites a camel's armclassical
A male camel that bites the foreleg of a female camel to immobilize her for mating.

المُعْضِدnoun

1.
tool for cutting branchesclassical
A tool used for cutting tree branches.
2.
braceletclassical
A piece of jewelry worn around the arm, like a bracelet or armlet.

العِضَادnoun

1.
money pouchclassical
A purse or pouch for holding money.

العَاضِدadjective

1.
walking beside a mountclassical
Someone walking alongside a riding animal.

الأعْضَدadjective

1.
slender-armedclassical
Having thin or delicate arms.
2.
having one short armclassical
Describing someone with one arm that is shorter than the other.

يَدٌ عُضُدَةadjective

1.
short-armedclassical
Describing a hand or arm that is short.

عَضَّدَverb

1.
to injure an animal's legclassical
To wound the leg or arm of an animal, causing it to be incapacitated.
2.
to approach from the sidesclassical
To come up to something from its flanks or sides.
3.
to join togetherclassical
To bring parts together and connect them.

وعضد القتب البعير: عضه فعقره — And it (the saddle-strap) injured the camel's leg: it bit it and crippled it.

والركائب: أتاها من قبل أعضادها، وضم بعضها إلى بعض — And the riding beasts: he approached them from their sides, and joined some of them together.

غُلَامٌ عِضَادadjective

1.
short and sturdy boyclassical
A boy who is short, stout, and well-built.

امْرَأَةٌ عِضَادadjective

1.
thick-armed and generous womanclassical
A woman with strong, thick arms who is also generous.

العِضَادnoun

1.
short man or womanclassical
A person, male or female, who is short in stature.
2.
thick-armed personclassical
Someone, male or female, with strong, thick arms.

العِضَادnoun

1.
braceletclassical
An armlet or bracelet.
2.
tool for cutting branchesclassical
A tool, like a sickle or billhook, used by a shepherd to cut branches for his flock.

وككتاب: الدملج، كالمعضاد، وحديدة كالمنجل يهصر بها الراعي فروع الشجر على إبله — And like kitāb: the bracelet, like al-mi'ḍād, and an iron tool like a sickle with which the shepherd cuts tree branches for his camels.

عُضْدَانname

1.
a castle in Yemenclassical
The name of a specific castle located in Yemen.

المِعْضَادnoun

1.
butcher's knifeclassical
A knife used by a butcher for cutting bones.
2.
support in the armclassical
Something that supports or reinforces the arm, such as a splint or brace.
3.
tool for cutting treesclassical
A tool used for cutting down trees or branches.

عَضِيدَة الظَّهْرِيّnoun

1.
a specific type of innovatorclassical
A term referring to a specific kind of religious innovator or heretic.

اليَعْضِيدnoun

1.
a type of herbclassical
A specific kind of herb or green plant.

أعْضَدَverb

1.
to go right and leftclassical
To move or turn towards the right and left sides.

ورمى فأعضد: ذهب يمينا وشمالا — And he aimed and went right and left.

المُعْظَمnoun

1.
garment with a patterned armclassical
A piece of clothing that has a distinctive pattern or marking on the arm section.

المُحَدَّثnoun

1.
dates with moisture on one sideclassical
A type of date fruit that shows signs of moisture or ripening on one of its sides.

اعْتَضَدَverb

1.
to place in the armclassical
To position something within the crook of the arm.
2.
to seek support fromboth
To rely on or seek help from someone or something.

واعتضدته: جعلته في عضدي — And I placed it in my arm.

وبه: استعنت به — And by it: I sought help from it.

اسْتَعْضَدَverb

1.
to cut a treeclassical
To cut down or prune a tree.
2.
to pick fruitclassical
To harvest or pick ripe fruit from a tree.

واستعضد الشجرة: عضدها — And he cut the tree: he cut it.

والثمرة: اجتناها — And the fruit: he picked it.

رَجُلٌ عِضَادِيّadjective

1.
large-armed manclassical
A man with notably large or strong arms.

العَضُودِيَّةnoun

1.
a water source east of Faydclassical
The name of a specific water source located to the east of the place known as Fayd.

فُتَّ في عَضُدِهِidiom

1.
to break someone's resolveclassical
To undermine someone's determination, discourage their supporters, and cause them to abandon him.

فت في عضده: كسر من نيات أعوانه، وفرقهم عنه — His resolve was broken: their intentions were broken, and they were dispersed from him.

تَعَاضَدُواverb

1.
to help each otherboth
To cooperate and assist one another.

وتعاضدوا: تعاونوا — And they supported each other: they cooperated.

عَاضَدُواverb

1.
to help, supportclassical
To provide assistance or support to others.

وعاضدوا: عاونوا — And they supported: they helped.

Parallel reading

ما بين المرفق إلى الكتف.

What is between the elbow and the shoulder.

والعضد: الناحية، والناصر، والمعين، وهم عضدي وأعضادي.

And 'al-'aḍud: the side, the supporter, the helper, and they are my supporters and my helpers.

وأعضاد الحوض والطريق وغيره: ما يسد حواليه من البناء.

And the supports of a basin, road, or the like: what reinforces its surroundings with construction.

والعضد والعضيد: الطريقة من النخل، ج: كغربان.

And 'al-'aḍud and 'al-'aḍīd: a row of date palms, plural like gharbān.

عضده يعضده: قطعه.

He cut it, he cuts it.

وكنصره: أعانه، ونصره، وأصاب عضده.

And like naṣarahu: he aided him, and he helped him, and he struck his arm.

وكعني: شكا عضده.

And like 'anī: he complained of his arm.

والعضد، ككتف: من دنا من عضدي الحوض، ومن اشتكى عضده، وحمار ضم الأتن من جوانبها، كالعاضد، وبالتحريك: الشجر المعضود، وداء في أعضاد الإبل، عضد، كفرح.

And 'al-'aḍud, like 'katif': one who approaches the supports of a basin, and one who complains of his arm, and a male donkey that gathers female donkeys around it, like 'al-'āḍid, and with harakah: the cut trees, and a disease in the camel's forelegs, 'aḍad, like 'fariḥ'.

وكمنبر: ما يقطع به الشجر والدملج، وبهاء: هميان الدراهم.

And like 'minbar': what is used to cut trees and the bracelet, and with ha': a money pouch.

والعاضد: الماشي إلى جانب دابة، وجمل يأخذ عضد الناقة فيتنوخها.

And 'al-'āḍid: one walking beside a mount, and a camel that takes the camel's foreleg and makes her kneel.

والأعضد: الدقيق العضد، والذي إحدى عضديه قصيرة.

And 'al-a'ḍud: slender-armed, and one whose one arm is short.

ويد عضدة، كفرحة: قصرت عضدها.

And a short-armed hand, like 'fariḥah': its arm is short.

وعضد القتب البعير: عضه فعقره، و الركائب: أتاها من قبل أعضادها، وضم بعضها إلى بعض.

And the saddle-strap injured the camel's leg: it bit it and crippled it, and the riding beasts: he approached them from their sides, and joined some of them together.

وغلام عضاد، كرباع: قصير مكتل مقتدر الخلق.

And a boy 'iḍād, like 'rubā': short, stout, and well-formed.

وامرأة عضاد وعضاد: غليظة العضد، سمحتها.

And a woman 'iḍād and 'iḍād: thick-armed, generous.

والعضاد، كسحاب: القصير من الرجال والنساء، والغليظة العضد.

And 'al-'iḍād, like 'saḥāb': the short one among men and women, and the thick-armed one.

وككتاب: الدملج، كالمعضاد، وحديدة كالمنجل يهصر بها الراعي فروع الشجر على إبله.

And like kitāb: the bracelet, like al-mi'ḍād, and an iron tool like a sickle with which the shepherd cuts tree branches for his camels.

وعضدان، بالضم: قلعة باليمن.

And 'uḍdān, with dammah: a castle in Yemen.

والمعضاد: سيف للقصاب يقطع به العظام، وما عضدته في العضد من سير ونحوه، وسيف يمتهن في قطع الشجر، كالمعضد.

And al-mi'ḍād: a sword for the butcher with which he cuts bones, and what supports you in the arm from riding and the like, and a sword used for cutting trees, like al-mi'ḍad.

وعضيدة الظهري، كجهينة: محدث.

And 'aḍīdat aẓ-ẓahrī, like 'juhaynah': an innovator.

واليعضيد، كيبرين: بقلة.

And al-ya'ḍīd, like 'yabūrīn': a herb.

ورمى فأعضد: ذهب يمينا وشمالا، كعضد تعضيدا.

And he aimed and went right and left, like 'aḍada ta'ḍīdan.

وكمعظم: ثوب له علم في موضع العضد.

And like 'mu'ẓam': a garment with a marking in the place of the arm.

وكمحدث: بسر يبدو الترطيب في أحد جانبيه.

And like 'muḥdath': dates showing moisture on one side.

واعتضدته: جعلته في عضدي، و به: استعنت به.

And I placed it in my arm, and by it: I sought help from it.

واستعضد الشجرة: عضدها، و الثمرة: اجتناها.

And he cut the tree: he cut it, and the fruit: he picked it.

ورجل عضادي، مثلثة: عظيم العضد.

And a man 'iḍādī, with three pronunciations: large-armed.

والعضدية، محركة: ماء شرقي فيد.

And 'al-'aḍudiyyah, with harakah: a water source east of Fayd.

فت في عضده: كسر من نيات أعوانه، وفرقهم عنه.

His resolve was broken: their intentions were broken, and they were dispersed from him.

وتعاضدوا: تعاونوا.

And they supported each other: they cooperated.

وعاضدوا: عاونوا.

And they supported: they helped.