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وذع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the flowing or gushing of water. It also extends to the source of such water, particularly when it flows over rocks.

Derived headwords

وَذَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to flowboth

    Said of water, meaning it flowed or streamed.

وَضَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to flowclassical

    Used analogously to 'wadh'a' (وذع), meaning water flowed or streamed.

الوَاذِعnoun
  1. 1.
    springboth

    A source of water, specifically a spring.

  2. 2.
    flowing waterclassical

    Any water that flows, especially over a rock.

Parallel reading

وذع الماء، كوضع: سال.
Water flowed, like 'waḍa'a': it streamed.
والواذع: المعين، وكل ماء جرى على صفاة.
And the 'wāthi'' is the spring, and any water that flowed over a rock.