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الوهضة

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a low, settled, or rounded area of land. It can also refer to a specific type of plant or a dialectal variation.

Derived headwords

الوَهْضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    low groundboth

    A settled or depressed part of the earth.

  2. 2.
    rounded areaclassical

    An area of land that is round or circular in shape.

وَاهِضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plant typeclassical

    A type of plant, specifically a variety of 'urfut (عرفط).

Parallel reading

المطمئن من الأرض
The settled part of the earth.
أو إذا كانت مدورة
Or if it was rounded.
ووهضة من عرفط: لغة في الطاء
And 'wahdah' from 'urfut: a dialectal variation of 'ta' (referring to the pronunciation of the letter).