كءد

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with hardship, difficulty, and strenuous effort. It extends to concepts of severity, oppression, sorrow, and the challenges associated with old age.

Derived headwords

كأدverb

1.
to toilboth
To exert oneself strenuously or laboriously.
2.
to endureclassical
To suffer or undergo hardship, difficulty, or pain.

كئبnoun

1.
sorrowclassical
A feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune.

الكأداءadjective

1.
severeclassical
Intense or harsh in nature or effect.
2.
oppressiveclassical
Unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint.
3.
sorrowfulclassical
Feeling or showing deep distress.
4.
fearfulclassical
Causing or accompanied by fear or apprehension.
5.
darkclassical
Lacking light; very dark.

الكؤداءnoun

1.
sighclassical
An audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar.

تكأدverb

1.
to exert oneselfboth
To make a strenuous effort or to labor hard.
2.
to endureclassical
To undergo or suffer hardship or difficulty.
3.
to endure heatclassical
To bear or suffer intense heat.

تكأدني الأمرverb phrase

1.
the matter was difficult for meboth
An event or situation caused me significant hardship or distress.

عقبة كؤودadjective phrase

1.
difficult passboth
A mountain pass or steep incline that is hard to ascend or traverse.

عقبة كأداءadjective phrase

1.
difficult passclassical
A mountain pass or steep incline that is hard to ascend or traverse.

اكوأدverb

1.
to trembleclassical
To shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

المكوئدnoun

1.
trembling old manclassical
An elderly man who is shaking or trembling, often due to old age.

Parallel reading

كأد، كمنع: كئب.

Ka'ada, meaning to be severe (as in 'man'a'), means to be sorrowful.

والكأداء: الشدة، والظلم، والحزن، والحذار، والليل المظلم.

And al-ka'ada' (feminine adjective/noun) refers to severity, oppression, sorrow, fearfulness, and the dark night.

والكؤداء: الصعداء.

And al-ku'ada' (noun) refers to a sigh.

وتكأد الشيء: تكلفه، وكابده، وصلى به.

And takaa'ada something means to exert oneself for it, to endure it, and to endure heat with it.

وتكأدني الأمر: شق علي، كتكاءدني.

And the matter was difficult for me (takaa'adani al-amr) means it was hard for me, like it was difficult for me (takaa'adani).

وعقبة كؤود وكأداء: صعبة.

And a difficult pass (aqbah ka'ood or ka'adaa') means it is difficult.

واكوأد الشيخ: أرعد كبرا.

And when the old man trembled (akwaada ash-shaykh), he was shaking with old age.

والمكوئد: الشيخ المرتعش.

And al-muku'id is the trembling old man.