البرض

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root البرض (al-brḍ) primarily relates to the concept of 'little' or 'scarcity'. It extends to actions of giving or taking small amounts, and to things that are sparse or meager, such as early vegetation or barren land.

Derived headwords

البُرْضnoun

1.
Scarcity, littlenessboth
The state of being little or scarce, referring to a small quantity of something.

البُرَاضnoun

1.
Scarcity, littlenessboth
A plural form referring to scarcity or a small amount.

بُرَاضnoun

1.
Scarcity, littlenessboth
A plural form referring to scarcity or a small amount.

بُرُوضnoun

1.
Scarcity, littlenessboth
A plural form referring to scarcity or a small amount.

أَبْرَاضnoun

1.
Scarcity, littlenessboth
A plural form referring to scarcity or a small amount.

برضverb

1.
To be little, scarceboth
Used to describe water that is flowing in a small quantity.

ابْتَرَضَverb

1.
To flow littleclassical
To flow in a small quantity, specifically used for water.

يَبْرُضُverb

1.
To give littleboth
To give a small amount of one's wealth to someone.

مَبْرُوضadjective

1.
Needy, impoverishedboth
Describing a person who is impoverished due to giving away much of their wealth.

كَتَّانnoun

1.
One who wastes wealthclassical
A person who consumes and wastes all of their wealth.

المُبْرِضnoun

1.
One who wastes wealthclassical
A person who consumes and wastes all of their wealth.

ابن قيس الكنانيname

1.
A notorious killerclassical
A specific individual known as one of the 'futtak' (assassins or deadly warriors) from the Kinana tribe.

البُرْضَةnoun

1.
Barren placeboth
A location where trees do not grow.
2.
Small amount of waterboth
A small quantity of water.

البَرِيضnoun

1.
Valleyclassical
A valley, though the text suggests 'al-yariḍ' (اليريض) with a 'ya' might be more accurate.

البَارِضnoun

1.
Early vegetationboth
The first sprouts of plants that emerge from the earth before their species are distinguishable.

بُرُوضًاnoun

1.
Emergence of early vegetationboth
The act or state of early vegetation emerging from the ground.

أَبْرَضَتْverb

1.
To have abundant early vegetationboth
Used for land that has a lot of its early vegetation (barid).

تَبَرَّضَverb

1.
To reach, attainboth
To reach or attain something, often with a sense of achieving it through small efforts or with limited means.
2.
To take little by littleboth
To take something gradually or in small portions.
3.
To obtain fromclassical
To obtain something from a person before obtaining something else, or to obtain it gradually.

Parallel reading

القليل، كالبراض، بالضم ج: براض وبروض وأبراض.

Little, like al-birāḍ, with damma, plural: birāḍ, burūḍ, and abrāḍ.

وبرض الماء: خرج وهو قليل، كابترض.

And water 'barḍa': it flowed, being little, like 'ibtarḍa'.

ولي من ماله يبرض ويبرض: أعطاني منه قليلا.

And he gave from his wealth 'yabraḍu' and 'yabraḍu': he gave me a little of it.

ورجل مبروض: مفتقر لكثرة عطائه.

And a man 'mabrūḍ': impoverished due to his frequent giving.

وككتان: من يأكل كل ماله ويفسده، كالمبرض، وابن قيس الكناني: أحد فتاكهم.

And like 'kattān': one who eats all his wealth and spoils it, like 'al-mabriḍ', and Ibn Qays al-Kinānī: one of their deadly warriors.

والبرضة، بالضم: موضع لا ينبت فيه الشجر، وما تبرضت من الماء القليل.

And al-burḍah, with damma: a place where trees do not grow, and what I obtained of little water.

والبريض: واد، أو الصواب اليريض، بالمثناة التحتية.

And al-barīḍ: a valley, or the correct term is al-yarīḍ, with a 'ya'.

والبارض: أول ما تخرج الأرض من نبت قبل أن تتبين أجناسه، وقد برض بروضا.

And al-bāriḍ: the first emergence of vegetation from the earth before its kinds are distinguished, and it has 'barḍa' with 'burūḍan'.

وأبرضت الأرض: كثر بارضها، كبرضت تبريضا.

And the land 'abradaṭ': its early vegetation became abundant, like it 'barḍat' with 'tabrīḍan'.

وتبرض: تبلغ بالقليل، و الشيء: أخذه قليلا قليلا، و فلانا: أصاب منه الشيء قبل الشيء، وتبلغ.

And 'tabarraḍa': to reach with little, and 'tabarraḍa' a thing: to take it little by little, and 'tabarraḍa' someone: to obtain something from him before something else, and to reach.