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الوغد

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes someone or something as weak, foolish, base, or contemptible. It extends to physical weakness, young age, and even inanimate objects like a cup without a share. It also encompasses actions of imitation and competition.

Derived headwords

الوغدnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolish weaklingboth

    A person who is foolish and weak, or base and ignoble.

  2. 2.
    Physically weak personboth

    Someone who is weak in body.

  3. 3.
    Young boyboth

    A young boy.

  4. 4.
    Servant of a peopleclassical

    A servant or attendant for a group of people.

  5. 5.
    Eggplant fruitclassical

    The fruit of the eggplant plant.

  6. 6.
    Cup without shareclassical

    A cup from which one has no share or portion.

  7. 7.
    Slaveboth

    A male slave.

وغدverb
  1. 1.
    To be weak/baseboth

    To be foolish, weak, base, or ignoble.

  2. 2.
    To be physically weakboth

    To be weak in body.

وغادةnoun
  1. 1.
    Young boyboth

    A young boy.

  2. 2.
    Weaklingclassical

    A weak or contemptible person.

أوغادnoun
  1. 1.
    Weaklings/base peopleboth

    Plural of 'waġd', referring to foolish, weak, base, or ignoble people.

وغدانnoun
  1. 1.
    Weaklings/base peopleboth

    Plural of 'waġd', referring to foolish, weak, base, or ignoble people.

وغدانnoun
  1. 1.
    Young boysboth

    Plural of 'waġāda', referring to young boys.

المواغدةnoun
  1. 1.
    Game/playclassical

    A game or form of play.

  2. 2.
    Imitation/emulationboth

    To do as your companion does; imitation or emulation.

  3. 3.
    Competition/rivalryboth

    Rivalry or competition.

  4. 4.
    Limb coordinationclassical

    Describing a camel whose limbs move in coordination, one mimicking the other.

Parallel reading

الأحمق الضعيف
The foolish weakling.
الرذل الدنيء
The base, ignoble one.
الضعيف جسما
Weak in body.
وقد وغد، ككرم
And he was weak/base, like the verb 'karuma'.
وغادة، والصبي
A young boy.
خادم القوم
A servant of the people.
ج: أوغاد ووغدان ووغدان
Plural: 'awġād', 'waġdān', and 'wuġdān'.
وثمر الباذنجان
And the fruit of the eggplant.
وقدح لا نصيب له
And a cup from which there is no share.
والعبد
And the slave.
والمواغدة: لعبة
And 'al-muwāġada': a game.
وأن تفعل كفعل صاحبك
And to do as your companion does.
والمجاراة
And competition.
وقد تكون لناقة واحدة، لأن إحدى يديها ورجليها تواغد الأخرى
And it may be for a single she-camel, because one of her forelegs and hind legs imitates the other.