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كهد

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of speed, haste, and exertion. It encompasses meanings of moving quickly, urging someone on, and experiencing fatigue or exhaustion. It can also refer to a state of being weary or worn out.

Derived headwords

كَهَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To move or act with great speed and urgency.

  2. 2.
    to urge onboth

    To impel or encourage someone to move faster or exert more effort.

  3. 3.
    to become wearyboth

    To experience fatigue or exhaustion.

  4. 4.
    to be exhaustedboth

    To reach a state of extreme tiredness or inability to continue.

كَهْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteboth

    The act of moving or acting with great speed.

  2. 2.
    exertionboth

    The application of physical or mental effort.

كَهْدَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteboth

    The act of moving or acting with great speed.

  2. 2.
    exertionboth

    The application of physical or mental effort.

أَلَحَّ فِي الطَّلَبِverb
  1. 1.
    to insist on the requestboth

    To persistently and repeatedly ask for something.

تَعِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be tiredboth

    To feel a need for rest or sleep; to be weary.

أَعْيَاverb
  1. 1.
    to be exhaustedboth

    To become extremely tired, to the point of being unable to continue.

  2. 2.
    to exhaustboth

    To cause someone to become extremely tired.

أَتَانٌ كَهُودُ الْيَدَيْنِadjective
  1. 1.
    swift-footed she-assclassical

    A female donkey characterized by its speed and swiftness of movement.

الْكُوهَدُnoun
  1. 1.
    one trembling with ageclassical

    An old person who trembles or shakes due to advanced age.

الْكَهْدَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    female slaveclassical

    A female servant or slave.

أَكْهَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be tiredboth

    To experience fatigue or weariness.

  2. 2.
    to make tiredboth

    To cause someone else to become tired or exhausted.

اكْو هَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wearyboth

    To become tired or exhausted.

  2. 2.
    to suffer hardshipboth

    To experience difficulty, toil, or distress.

اقْ م هَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wearyboth

    To become tired or exhausted.

جَهْدٌnoun
  1. 1.
    effortboth

    Physical or mental exertion; strenuousness.

Parallel reading

كهد، كمنع، كهدا وكهدانا: أسرع
Kahada, like man'a, kahdan and kahdanan: he hastened.
وكهدته أنا، وألح في الطلب
And I urged him on, and he insisted on the request.
وتعب، وأعيا
And he became tired, and exhausted.
وأتان كهود اليدين: سريعة
And a she-ass swift of foot: meaning fast.
والكوهد: المرتعش كبرا
And al-kuhad: one trembling with old age.
والكهداء: الأمة
And al-kahdaa': the female slave.
وأكهد: تعب، وأتعب
And akhada: he was tired, and he made [someone] tired.
واكوهد: اقمهد، وأصابه جهد وكهد
And ikwahada: he became weary, and hardship and fatigue befell him.