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الخريضة

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a young, beautiful, and fair-skinned woman. It also touches upon a potential variant spelling related to sailing or ships.

Derived headwords

الخريضةnoun
  1. 1.
    Young womanclassical

    A young woman who is modern in her age, meaning she is youthful.

  2. 2.
    Fair-skinned womanclassical

    A woman who is beautiful and white-skinned.

  3. 3.
    New womanclassical

    A woman who is new or recently appeared.

كسفينةother
  1. 1.
    Like a shipclassical

    This is a comparative phrase, suggesting something is like a ship.

Parallel reading

الخريضة، كسفينة: الجارية الحديثة السن، الحسنة البيضاء، التارة.
The young woman, like a ship: the youthful maiden, the beautiful white one, the new one.
عن الليث، ولعل الصواب بالصاد
From Al-Layth, and perhaps the correct spelling is with Sad (ص).