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الحوض

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of collecting, gathering, or containing water or liquids, often in a basin or reservoir. It extends to related ideas of being defeated or having a depleted spirit, and metaphorically to surrounding or dealing with a matter.

Derived headwords

الحَوْضnoun
  1. 1.
    basin, tank, reservoirboth

    A large container or receptacle, typically for holding water, such as for animals to drink from or for irrigation.

  2. 2.
    pool, pondboth

    A natural or artificial body of standing water.

حَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to collect, to gatherclassical

    To bring together and hold a liquid, especially water.

حَوْضًاverb
  1. 1.
    to make a basinclassical

    To construct or establish a basin or reservoir.

حِيَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    basins (plural)both

    The plural form of 'ḥawḍ', referring to multiple basins or reservoirs.

أَحْوَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    basins (plural)both

    Another plural form of 'ḥawḍ', referring to multiple basins or reservoirs.

حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُverb
  1. 1.
    the woman menstruatedclassical

    Referring to a woman's menstrual period, implying a gathering or flow of blood.

حَاضَ الْمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    the water collectedclassical

    Water gathered or accumulated in a place.

ذُو الْحَوْضَيْنِname
  1. 1.
    Dhu al-Ḥawḍaynclassical

    A kunya (patronymic or descriptive name) given to several historical figures, including Abd al-Muttalib.

حَوْضِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to a basinclassical

    Pertaining to or associated with a basin or reservoir.

أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْحَوْضِيُّname
  1. 1.
    Abu Amr al-Ḥawḍīclassical

    A name of a reliable narrator or scholar.

اسْتَحَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a basin for oneselfclassical

    To create or establish a basin or reservoir for personal use.

أَحُوضُ لَكَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَverb
  1. 1.
    to surround, to deal withclassical

    To go around or approach a matter, implying dealing with it or managing it.

Parallel reading

ج: حياض وأحواض
Plural: ḥiyāḍ and aḥwāḍ.
من حاضت المرأة
From when the woman menstruated.
ومن حاض الماء: جمعه
And from when water collected: it gathered.
و حوضا: اتخذه
And to make a basin: to establish it.
وحوض الحمار: سب، أي: مهزوم الصدر
And the donkey's 'ḥawḍ' (basin/spirit): defeated, meaning: broken in spirit.
وذو الحوضين: عبد المطلب، واسمه شيبة، أو عامر بن هاشم
And Dhu al-Ḥawḍayn: Abd al-Muttalib, whose name was Shaybah, or Amr ibn Hashim.
والحسحاس بن غسان
And al-Ḥasḥās ibn Ghassān.
وحوضى، كسكرى: ع
And Ḥawḍā, like Sukkarā: a city.
وأبو عمرو الحوضي: ثقة م
And Abu Amr al-Ḥawḍī: reliable.
وكمعظم: شيء كالحوض، يجعل للنخلة تشرب منه
And like 'muʿẓam': something like a basin, made for a palm tree to drink from.
واستحوض الماء: اتخذ لنفسه حوضا
And he made a basin for himself: he took a basin for himself.
وأنا أحوض لك هذا الأمر، أي: أدور حوله
And I am dealing with this matter for you, meaning: I am going around it.