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الملاذ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a refuge or sanctuary, but also extends to meanings related to deception, falsehood, and swiftness. It describes someone who is not genuine in their affection and can also refer to acts of lying, striking with a spear, or a horse's exertion.

Derived headwords

المطرمذadjective
  1. 1.
    Pretentious, insincereclassical

    Describing someone who is affected and puts on airs, whose friendship is not genuine.

المتظرفadjective
  1. 1.
    Pretentious, insincereclassical

    Similar to المطرمذ, referring to someone who is artificially refined and whose affection is not true.

الملوذadjective
  1. 1.
    Pretentious, insincereclassical

    Another term for someone who is affected and whose friendship is not genuine.

الملذانnoun
  1. 1.
    Lyingclassical

    The act of telling falsehoods or lies.

الملذانيnoun
  1. 1.
    Lyingclassical

    The act of telling falsehoods or lies.

الملذnoun
  1. 1.
    Lyingclassical

    The act of telling falsehoods.

  2. 2.
    Thrusting with a spearclassical

    The action of stabbing or thrusting with a spear.

  3. 3.
    Wiping the handclassical

    The act of wiping or stroking the hand.

  4. 4.
    Horse's exertionclassical

    A horse stretching out its forelegs to their limit in an attempt to gain speed.

  5. 5.
    Swiftness in runningclassical

    The speed at which a horse runs.

  6. 6.
    Darknessclassical

    The intermingling of darkness.

ملاذnoun
  1. 1.
    Refuge, sanctuaryboth

    A place of safety or shelter, a haven.

  2. 2.
    Pretentious personclassical

    Someone who is insincere or affected in their dealings.

ملاذadjective
  1. 1.
    Swiftclassical

    Describing a wolf that is light and quick in its movements.

امتلذتverb
  1. 1.
    Received a giftclassical

    To receive a gift or a present from someone.

Parallel reading

المطرمذ المتصنع الذي لا تصح مودته
The pretentious, affected one whose friendship is not sound.
كالملوذ
Like the insincere one.
والملذان
And the lying.
والملذاني
And the lying.
والملذ: الكذب
And 'al-maladh': lying.
والطعن بالرمح
And thrusting with a spear.
والمسح على اليد
And wiping the hand.
ومد الفرس ضبعيه حتى لا يجد مزيدا للحاق
And the horse stretching out its forelegs until it finds no more to catch up.
والسرعة في عدوه
And the swiftness in its running.
وبالتحريك: اختلاط الظلام
And with vowelization: the intermingling of darkness.
وذئب ملاذ: خفيف
And a swift wolf: light.
وامتلذت منه كذا: أخذت منه عطية
And I received such-and-such from him: I took a gift from him.