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ودس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of hiddenness, concealment, and the initial emergence or appearance of something, particularly vegetation. It also extends to the idea of discarding or leaving something incomplete.

Derived headwords

وَدَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to hideboth

    To conceal something, to keep it hidden.

  2. 2.
    to buryclassical

    To inter something, to put it underground.

وُدِسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hiddenboth

    To be concealed or kept secret.

وَدَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to hideboth

    To conceal something, to keep it hidden.

  2. 2.
    to buryclassical

    To inter something, to put it underground.

تَوَدَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to graze on dry plantsclassical

    To feed on dry, withered vegetation.

وَدْسnoun
  1. 1.
    hiddennessclassical

    The state or quality of being hidden or concealed.

وَدِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    dry plantboth

    Vegetation that has become dry and withered.

وَدَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    ground coverclassical

    A layer of vegetation that covers the ground, especially when it is dense and intertwined but not yet fully branched.

مُودُوسَةadjective
  1. 1.
    covered with vegetationclassical

    Describing land whose vegetation has emerged and covered its surface.

وَادِسadjective
  1. 1.
    emergent vegetationclassical

    Describing plants that have begun to appear and grow, especially covering the ground.

تَوْدِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    grazing on ground coverclassical

    The act of grazing on the dense, intertwined vegetation that covers the ground.

Parallel reading

وَدَسَ، كوعد: خفي
Wadasa, like wa'ada: it was hidden.
و به: خبأه
And bihi: he hid it.
وذهب، و الأرض: ظهر نبتها، ولم يكثر
And it went, and the land: its vegetation appeared, but did not become abundant.
كودست
Kudista (passive form).
والنبت وادس
And the vegetation is wadis (emergent).
والأرض مودوسة
And the land is madoosah (covered with vegetation).
و إليه بكلام: طرحه، ولم يستكمله
And ilayhi bi-kalam: he discarded it, and did not complete it.
والوديس: النبات الجاف
And al-wadees: the dry plant.
والتودس: رعي الوداس، ككتاب
And al-tawaddus: grazing on al-wadaas, like kitaab.
وهو ما غطى وجه الأرض، ولما تتشعب شعبه بعد، إلا أنه في ذلك كثير ملتف
And it is what covered the face of the earth, and its branches had not yet spread out, except that it was abundant and intertwined.