وءد

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of burying alive, particularly female infants. It extends to related concepts like sound, especially the lowing of a camel, and also signifies gravity, deliberation, and the passage of time or being swallowed by the earth.

Derived headwords

وأد بنته يئدهاverb

1.
to bury aliveboth
To bury one's daughter alive. This is the primary meaning associated with the root.

وئيدnoun

1.
buried aliveclassical
A female infant buried alive.
2.
soundboth
A sound, or a loud, intense sound. It can also refer to the rumbling or lowing of a camel.
3.
gravityclassical
Seriousness, gravity, or deliberation.

وئيدةnoun

1.
buried aliveclassical
A female infant buried alive. It is a diminutive or specific form related to 'wa'id'.

موؤودةnoun

1.
buried aliveboth
A female infant who has been buried alive. This is the passive participle form.

الوأدnoun

1.
burying aliveclassical
The act of burying a female infant alive.
2.
soundboth
A sound, or a loud, intense sound. It can also refer to the rumbling or lowing of a camel.

التؤدةnoun

1.
deliberationboth
Deliberation, carefulness, and slowness in action.
2.
gravityboth
Gravity, seriousness, and composure.

التوآدnoun

1.
deliberationclassical
Deliberation, carefulness, and slowness in action. It is synonymous with 'tu'dah'.

اتأدverb

1.
to be deliberateclassical
To act with deliberation, gravity, and slowness.

توأدverb

1.
to be deliberateclassical
To act with deliberation, gravity, and slowness. It is synonymous with 'ta'adda'.

الموائدnoun

1.
calamitiesclassical
Calamities, disasters, or grave misfortunes.

توأدت عليه الأرضverb

1.
the earth swallowed himclassical
The earth covered him or swallowed him up, implying he was lost or gone.

Parallel reading

وأد بنته يئدها

He buried his daughter alive.

دفنها حية

Burying her alive.

وهي: وئيد ووئيدة وموؤودة

And they are: wa'id, wa'idah, and maw'udah.

والوأد والوئيد: الصوت، أو العالي الشديد، وهدير البعير

Al-wa'd and al-wa'id: the sound, or the loud, intense sound, and the rumbling of a camel.

والتؤدة، بفتح الهمزة وسكونها، والوئيد والتوآد: الرزانة، والتأني

And al-tu'dah, with a fatha on the hamza and a sukun, and al-wa'id and al-tawa'ud: gravity, and deliberation.

وقد اتأد وتوأد

And he acted with deliberation.

والموائد: الدواهي

And al-mawa'id: calamities.

وتوأدت عليه الأرض: غيبته وذهبت به

And the earth swallowed him up: it hid him and took him away.