الضفدع

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the amphibian known as a frog. It also extends to related concepts like its habitat, its medicinal properties, and a specific anatomical term in horses.

Derived headwords

الضفدعnoun

1.
Frogboth
A river-dwelling amphibian.
2.
Frog meatclassical
The meat of a frog, when cooked with oil and salt.

جعفرname

1.
Ja'farboth
A proper name, used here as an example of a word pattern similar to الضفدع.

جندبnoun

1.
Grasshopperboth
An insect, used here as an example of a word pattern similar to الضفدع.

درهمnoun

1.
Dirhamboth
A unit of currency, used here as an example of a word pattern similar to الضفدع.

بهاءnoun

1.
Frog (singular)classical
The singular form of a frog.

ضفادعnoun

1.
Frogsboth
The plural form of a frog.

ضفاديnoun

1.
Frogsclassical
Another plural form of a frog.

نقتverb

1.
To be hungryclassical
To experience hunger, specifically referring to the stomach.

صارتverb

1.
To become filled withclassical
To become inhabited or filled with something, in this case, frogs.

كزبرجnoun

1.
Bone in hoofclassical
A bone found within the hoof of a horse.

Parallel reading

الضفدع، كزبرج وجعفر وجندب ودرهم، وهذا أقل، أو مردود: دابة نهرية

The frog, like kazbaraj, Ja'far, jump, and dirham, and this is less common or rejected: a river-dwelling animal.

ولحمها مطبوخا بزيت وملح، ترياق للهوام، وبرية

And its meat, cooked with oil and salt, is an antidote for insects, and wild.

وشحمها عجيب لقلع الأسنان

And its fat is wondrous for extracting teeth.

الواحدة: بهاء

The singular unit: bahā'.

ج: ضفادع وضفادي

Plural: difādi' and difādi'.

ونقت ضفادع بطنه: جاع

And the frogs of his stomach croaked: he was hungry.

وضفدع الماء: صارت فيه الضفادع

And the frog of the water: it became filled with frogs.

وكزبرج: عظم في جوف الحافر من الفرس

And kazbaraj: a bone in the hollow of the hoof of a horse.