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المصد

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of sucking or drawing in, extending to concepts of intense natural phenomena like cold, heat, and thunder. It also encompasses abstract ideas like subjugation and physical features such as high ground.

Derived headwords

المَصْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Suckingboth

    The act of drawing liquid or air into the mouth or through a tube.

  2. 2.
    Intercourseclassical

    Sexual intercourse, often implying a forceful or consuming aspect.

  3. 3.
    Sucking (breast)both

    The act of nursing or suckling, particularly from the breast.

  4. 4.
    Thunderboth

    The loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

  5. 5.
    Intense coldboth

    Extreme coldness, a severe drop in temperature.

  6. 6.
    Heatboth

    High temperature or fever.

  7. 7.
    Subjugationclassical

    The act of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

  8. 8.
    High plateauboth

    An elevated, flat area of land, a high hill or mesa.

يُصَدّverb
  1. 1.
    To be suckedboth

    Passive form of the verb, meaning to be drawn in or absorbed.

المَصْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Rainfallclassical

    A rainstorm or a significant amount of rain.

المَصْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Top of the mountainboth

    The highest part or summit of a mountain.

المَصْدnoun
  1. 1.
    Mountainboth

    A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.

المَصْدname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameboth

    A given name or a name of a horse belonging to Nabisha bin Habib.

المَصَادnoun
  1. 1.
    High plateauboth

    An elevated, flat area of land, similar to a high hill or mesa.

أَمْصِدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    High plateausboth

    Plural of 'masd', referring to elevated, flat areas of land.

مَصْدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    High plateausboth

    Plural of 'masd', referring to elevated, flat areas of land.

Parallel reading

وما أصابتنا مصدة: مطرة.
And what struck us was a masdah: a rainstorm.
ويحرك، والحر، ضد، والتذليل، والهضبة العالية، كالمصد والمصاد، ج: أمصدة ومصدان.
And it is moved, and heat, its opposite, and subjugation, and the high plateau, like al-masd and al-masad, plural: amsadah and masdan.
ويضم.
And it is pronounced with dammah.