عضضته

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of biting, gripping with teeth, or holding firmly. It extends to describe intense hardship, severe conditions, and strong, oppressive rulers. The root also encompasses various objects and concepts related to biting, such as food, tools, and even negative personal traits.

Derived headwords

عَضَّهُverb

1.
to biteboth
To grip or tear with the teeth.
2.
to hold firmlyboth
To seize or hold onto something tightly, metaphorically or literally.

عَضًّاnoun

1.
bitingboth
The act of biting or gripping with teeth.

عَضِيضًاnoun

1.
firm gripclassical
A strong hold or grip, often implying persistence.
2.
companionclassical
One who adheres closely to another.

العَضِيضnoun

1.
intense bitingclassical
A severe or intense act of biting.
2.
companionclassical
A close associate or companion.

عَضَّ الزمانverb

1.
time was harshclassical
The time or era was severe and difficult.

عَضَّت الحربverb

1.
war was fierceclassical
The war was intense and brutal.

العَضُوضnoun

1.
food to be chewedboth
Something that is bitten or chewed, often used for animal feed.
2.
tight womanclassical
A woman described as narrow or tight.
3.
calamityclassical
A severe disaster or misfortune.
4.
harsh rulerclassical
A king or ruler characterized by oppression and injustice.
5.
deep wellclassical
A well that is very deep or has abundant water.

العَضاضnoun

1.
food to be chewedboth
Similar to 'al-'aḍūḍ', something to be bitten and eaten.
2.
bowstring attachmentclassical
The part of a bow where the string is attached.

التَّعَضُّوضnoun

1.
sweet black datesclassical
A type of sweet, black date.

تَعَضَّضَverb

1.
to grow thickclassical
Referring to thick or coarse trees.

عَضَّ الفرسverb

1.
horse bitclassical
The action of a horse biting.

العَضّnoun

1.
animal feedclassical
Dough or fodder given to camels.
2.
fodderclassical
Coarse fodder, such as clover or barley and wheat mixed.
3.
hard woodclassical
Thick, dry wood or tough vegetation remaining in the ground.
4.
dry herbageclassical
Dry and brittle grass.

العَضُّnoun

1.
bad-temperedclassical
Someone with a bad disposition or ill temper.
2.
eloquent but strangeclassical
A person who is eloquent but speaks in an unusual or reprehensible manner.
3.
hornclassical
A horn, possibly referring to an animal's horn.
4.
strong personclassical
Someone who is strong and capable.
5.
money managerclassical
A person responsible for managing wealth or property.
6.
miserclassical
A stingy or avaricious person.
7.
severe personclassical
A person who is harsh or severe.
8.
calamityclassical
A great misfortune or disaster.
9.
thorny shrubsclassical
Small thorny trees or shrubs.

العَضاضnoun

1.
bridge of noseboth
The bridge of the nose.

العَضاضيadjective

1.
soft and tenderclassical
Describing someone or something as soft, gentle, or tender.
2.
fat camelclassical
A camel that is plump and well-fed.

أَعَضَّهُverb

1.
to make biteboth
To cause someone or something to bite.
2.
to strike with swordclassical
To hit or strike with a sword.

أَعَضُّواverb

1.
camels ate fodderclassical
Their camels consumed the specific fodder known as 'al-'aḍḍ'.
2.
well became deepclassical
The well became deep or abundant with water.
3.
land became harshclassical
The land became difficult or severe.

تَعَزَّىverb

1.
to claim lineageclassical
To associate oneself with the lineage or customs of the past (Jahiliyyah).

عَضَّضَverb

1.
to feed camels fodderclassical
To give camels the fodder known as 'al-'aḍḍ'.
2.
to draw waterclassical
To draw water from a deep or abundant well.
3.
to jokeclassical
To engage in playful banter or joking.

حِمَارٌ مُعَضَّضٌadjective

1.
bitten donkeyclassical
A donkey that has been bitten or bruised by other donkeys.

العَضاضnoun

1.
mutual bitingclassical
The act of animals biting each other.

عَضاضُ عَيْشٍadjective

1.
patient in hardshipclassical
One who is patient and enduring during difficult times.

Parallel reading

عَضَّهُ، و عليه، كَسَمِعَ، ومَنَعَ، عَضًّا وعَضِيضًا: أمسكته بأسناني

To bite him, or upon him, as in 'sami'a' and 'mana'a', with a biting and a firm grip: I held him with my teeth.

و بصاحبي عضيضا: لزمته

And with my companion, a firm grip: I clung to him.

والعضيض: العض الشديد، والقرين

And 'al-'aḍīḍ': the intense biting, and the companion.

وعض الزمان والحرب: شدتهما

And 'aḍḍa' al-zamān and al-ḥarb: their severity.

والعضوض: ما يعض عليه ويؤكل، كالعضاض

And 'al-'aḍūḍ': what is bitten and eaten, like 'al-'aḍāḍ'.

والمرأة الضيقة، كالتعضوضة

And the narrow woman, like 'al-ta'aḍḍūḍah'.

والزمن الشديد الكلب

And the severe time, like rabies.

وملك فيه عسف وظلم

And a king in whom there is oppression and injustice.

والبئر البعيدة القعر، أو الكثيرة الماء ج: عضض وعضاض

And the deep-bottomed well, or the one with abundant water, plural: 'aḍaḍ' and 'aḍāḍ'.

والتعضوض: تمر أسود حلو، واحدته: بهاء

And 'al-ta'aḍḍūḍ': sweet black dates, the singular of which is 'bahā'.

وككتاب: عض الفرس

And like 'kitāb': the horse bit.

والعض، بالضم: العجين تعلفه الإبل

And 'al-'aḍḍ', with dammah: the dough that camels are fed.

والقت، والشعير والحنطة لا يشركهما شيء، أو النوى، والقت والشجر الغليظ يبقى في الأرض

And clover, and barley and wheat with nothing mixed with them, or date pits, and thick clover and trees remaining in the ground.

والعض، بالضم: ... والشعير، والخشب الجزل الكثير يجمع، واليابس من الحشيش

And 'al-'aḍḍ', with dammah: ... and barley, and abundant solid wood gathered, and dry herbage.

وبالكسر: السيئ الخلق، والبليغ المنكر

And with kasrah: the ill-tempered, and the eloquent but reprehensible.

والقوي على الشيء، والقيم للمال، والبخيل، والرجل الشديد، والداهية ج: عضوض

And the strong one over a thing, the custodian of wealth, the miser, the severe man, the calamity, plural: 'aḍūḍ'.

ومن الرواية الأخرى: "ثم تكون ملوك عضوض"

And from the other narration: 'Then there will be biting kings'.

وما صغر من شجر الشوك، ويضم، أو هي الطلح والعوسج والسلم والسيال والسرح والعرفط والسمر والشبهان والكنهبل وما لا يكاد ينفتح من الأغاليق

And what is small of thorny trees, and with dammah, or they are the Talh, 'awsaj, sallam, sayāl, sarḥ, 'arfaṭ, samr, shubhān, kunahbil, and what is almost impossible to open of locks.

والعضان: زيد بن الحارث النمري، ودغفل بن حنظلة الذهلي عالما العرب بحكمها وأيامها

And 'al-'aḍḍān': Zayd ibn al-Ḥārith al-Numayrī, and Dughful ibn Ḥanẓalah al-Dhublī, the two most knowledgeable Arabs of their judgments and days.

والعضاض، كغراب ورمان: عرنين الأنف

And 'al-'aḍāḍ', like 'ghurāb' and 'rummān': the bridge of the nose.

والعضاضي: الرجل الناعم اللين، والبعير السمين

And 'al-'aḍāḍī': the soft and tender man, and the fat camel.

وأعضضته الشيء: جعلته يعضه

And I made him 'aḍḍa' the thing: I made him bite it.

و سيفي: ضربته به

And my sword: I struck with it.

وأعضوا: أكلت إبلهم العض

And they 'aḍḍaw': their camels ate 'al-'aḍḍ'.

و البئر: صارت عضوضا

And the well: it became 'aḍūḍah'.

و الأرض: كثر عضها

And the land: its biting became frequent.

وفي الحديث: "من تعزى بعزاء الجاهلية، فأعضوه بهن أبيه، ولا تكنوا"

And in the Hadith: 'Whoever claims lineage with the lineage of ignorance, then tell him, 'Bite your father's penis', and do not use euphemisms'.

أي: قولوا له اعضض أير أبيك، ولا تكنوا عنه بالهن

Meaning: Say to him, 'Bite your father's penis', and do not euphemize it with 'al-hinn'.

وعضض: علف إبله العض

And he 'aḍḍaḍa': he fed his camels 'al-'aḍḍ'.

واستقى من البئر العضوض

And he drew water from the 'aḍūḍ' well.

ومازح جاريته

And he joked with his female slave.

وحمار معضض: عضضته الحمر وكدمته

And a 'mu'aḍḍaḍ' donkey: the donkeys bit him and bruised him.

والعضاض في الدواب، بالكسر: أن يعض بعضها بعضا

And 'al-'aḍāḍ' among animals, with kasrah: that they bite each other.

وهو عضاض عيش: صبور على الشدة

And he is 'aḍāḍ 'aysh': patient under hardship.