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الكد

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns hardship, effort, and persistence. It extends to concepts of intense seeking, physical exertion, and even the residue left after processing or consumption. It also encompasses terms related to land, specific locations, and actions like driving away.

Derived headwords

الكَدّnoun
  1. 1.
    Hardshipboth

    Difficulty, severity, or a state of intense struggle.

  2. 2.
    Persistenceboth

    Insistence, importunity, or continuous effort.

  3. 3.
    Seekingboth

    The act of requesting or seeking something earnestly.

  4. 4.
    Pointingclassical

    Indicating something with a finger.

  5. 5.
    Combingclassical

    Combing the head.

  6. 6.
    Fine powderclassical

    Something finely ground, like in a mortar.

كَدَهverb
  1. 1.
    To seek earnestlyboth

    To request something from someone with persistence and effort.

اِكْتَدَهverb
  1. 1.
    To seek earnestlyboth

    To request something from someone with persistence and effort.

  2. 2.
    To extractboth

    To pull something out by hand, applicable to both solid and liquid substances.

اِسْتَكَدَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    To seek earnestlyboth

    To request something from someone with persistence and effort.

الكَدَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Residueclassical

    What remains at the bottom of a pot.

الكَدَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Creamclassical

    The thickest part of milk, like cream.

الكَدِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Coarse saltclassical

    Salt that has been coarsely ground.

  2. 2.
    Sound of pouringclassical

    The sound made when coarse salt is poured.

  3. 3.
    Water sourceclassical

    A body of water located between two sacred areas.

  4. 4.
    Vast landclassical

    A wide or expansive area of land.

  5. 5.
    Hard landclassical

    Land that is dense, rough, or difficult to cultivate.

الكَدَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Hard landclassical

    Land that is dense, rough, or difficult to cultivate.

الكَدِيدname
  1. 1.
    Day nameclassical

    A specific named day.

كِثْمَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Plant partclassical

    The seed pods or husks of the Salian plant.

كِثْمَامname
  1. 1.
    Stallion nameclassical

    A male horse to which wild asses are attributed.

الأَكَدَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Grazing residueclassical

    The remnants of a pasture after it has been grazed.

أَكْدَادnoun
  1. 1.
    Groupsclassical

    Scattered or dispersed groups of people or things.

أَكَادِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    Groupsclassical

    Scattered or dispersed groups of people or things.

الكَدْكَدةnoun
  1. 1.
    Excessive laughterclassical

    Laughing excessively or immoderately.

  2. 2.
    Polisher's strikeclassical

    The sound made by a polisher striking a sword while sharpening it.

  3. 3.
    Slow walkingclassical

    Walking with difficulty or heaviness.

الكَدْكَادnoun
  1. 1.
    Excessive laughterclassical

    Laughing excessively or immoderately.

أَكَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    To holdboth

    To grasp or hold onto something firmly.

اِكْتَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    To holdboth

    To grasp or hold onto something firmly.

كَدُودadjective
  1. 1.
    Holdingboth

    One who holds or grasps firmly.

بِئْرٌ كَدُودother
  1. 1.
    Difficult wellclassical

    A well whose water can only be reached with great effort.

الكَدِيدَةname
  1. 1.
    Water source nameclassical

    A specific water source belonging to the tribe of Banu Abi Bakr bin Kilab.

كَدَدname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A location near Basra.

كَدَدname
  1. 1.
    Place nameclassical

    A location in the lands of Banu Sulaym.

الكَتِدother
  1. 1.
    Variant pronunciationclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of a word.

المُكَدّnoun
  1. 1.
    Combboth

    A tool used for combing hair.

كَدَّدَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To drive awayboth

    To expel or drive someone away forcefully and severely.

كَدْكَدهُverb
  1. 1.
    To drive awayboth

    To expel or drive someone away forcefully and severely.

تَكَدْكَدهُverb
  1. 1.
    To drive awayboth

    To expel or drive someone away forcefully and severely.

Parallel reading

الكد: الشدة، والإلحاح، والطلب، والإشارة بالإصبع، ومشط الرأس، وما يدق فيه كالهاون.
Al-Kadd: hardship, persistence, seeking, pointing with a finger, combing the head, and what is finely ground like in a mortar.
وكده واكتده: طلب منه الكد، كاستكده، ونزع الشيء بيده، يكون في الجامد والسائل.
And 'kadahu' and 'aktadahu': he sought from him persistently, like 'istakdahu', and he extracted the thing with his hand, which applies to both solid and liquid.
والكددة، محركة، وكهمزة وسلالة: ما يبقى أسفل القدر.
And al-kadadah, with harakah, and like sulalah: what remains at the bottom of the pot.
والكديد: الملح الجريش، وصوته إذا صب، وماء بين الحرمين، شرفهما الله تعالى، والبطن الواسع من الأرض، والأرض الغليظة.
And al-kadid: coarse salt, its sound when poured, water between the two sanctuaries (may God ennoble them), a wide expanse of land, and hard land.
ويوم الكديد: م.
And Yawm al-Kadid: a day.
وكثمام: حساف الصليان، وفحل تنسب إليه الحمر.
And Kithmam: the husks of the Salian plant, and a stallion to which wild asses are attributed.
والأكدة: بقايا المرتع الذي قد أكل.
And al-akadah: the remnants of the pasture that has been grazed.
ورأيتهم أكدادا وأكاديد: فرقا وأرسالا.
And I saw them in akdad and akadid: in groups and in detachments.
والكدكدة: الإفراط في الضحك، كالكدكاد، بالكسر، وضرب الصيقل المدوس على السيف إذا جلاه، والتثاقل في المشي.
And al-kadkadah: excessive laughter, like al-kadkad, with damma, and the strike of the polisher on the sword when he sharpens it, and heaviness in walking.
وأكد، واكتد: أمسك، وهو كدود.
And akada, and iktada: he held, and he is kadud.
وبئر كدود: لم ينل ماؤها إلا بجهد.
And a kadud well: its water was not reached except with effort.
والكديدة، كجهينة: ماء لبني أبي بكر بن كلاب.
And al-kadidah, like juhaynah: a water source of Banu Abi Bakr bin Kilab.
وكدد، كصرد: ع قرب البصرة.
And Kadad, like sarad: a place near Basra.
وكجبل: ع في ديار بني سليم، ولغة في الكتد.
And like jabal: a place in the lands of Banu Sulaym, and a variant pronunciation of al-katad.
والمكد: المشط.
And al-makadd: the comb.
وكدده وكدكده وتكدكده: طرده طردا شديدا.
And kadadahu, kadkadahu, and takkadkadehu: he drove him away with severe expulsion.