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العضاهة

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns thorny trees and shrubs, particularly those that are large or tall. It extends to concepts of falsehood, deception, and sorcery, possibly metaphorically linked to the prickliness or harmful nature of these plants. It also describes animals that graze on or are associated with these plants, and land characterized by them.

Derived headwords

العَضَاهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny treesboth

    The largest trees, or thorny plants, or all plants with thorns, or those that are large and tall.

العَضَهnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny treeboth

    A large and tall thorny tree.

العَضَهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny treeboth

    A large and tall thorny tree.

عَضَاهnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny trees (pl.)both

    Plural of thorny trees.

عَضُونnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny trees (pl.)both

    Plural of thorny trees.

عَضَوَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny trees (pl.)both

    Plural of thorny trees.

عَضْوِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    grazing on thorny treesboth

    A camel that grazes on thorny trees.

عِضَهِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    grazing on thorny treesboth

    A camel that grazes on thorny trees.

عَضَاهِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    grazing on thorny treesboth

    A camel that grazes on thorny trees.

عَاضِهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    grazing on thorny treesboth

    A female camel that grazes on thorny trees.

عَاضِهadjective
  1. 1.
    grazing on thorny treesboth

    A female camel that grazes on thorny trees.

عَضِهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in thorny treesboth

    Land that is abundant in thorny trees.

عَضِيهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in thorny treesboth

    Land that is abundant in thorny trees.

مَعْضَهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in thorny treesboth

    Land that is abundant in thorny trees.

أَعْضَهَتْverb
  1. 1.
    became abundant in thorny treesboth

    Land became abundant in thorny trees.

عَضَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to lieboth

    To lie, to practice sorcery, to spread slander.

عَضِهَverb
  1. 1.
    to lieboth

    To lie, to practice sorcery, to spread slander.

عَضِيهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lieboth

    A lie, sorcery, slander.

عَضَهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lieboth

    A lie, sorcery, slander.

عَضَهَ البَعِيرُverb
  1. 1.
    to eat thorny treesboth

    A camel ate thorny trees.

كَفَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to complain of eating thorny treesboth

    To complain of having eaten thorny trees, or to have grazed on them.

أَعَضَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bring falsehood and slanderboth

    To bring falsehood and slander.

عَضَهَ فُلَانًاverb
  1. 1.
    to slander someoneboth

    To slander someone, to say about them what is not true.

العَضَاهnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting thorny treesboth

    Cutting thorny trees.

عَضَهَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to cut thorny treesboth

    To cut thorny trees.

العَاضِهadjective
  1. 1.
    deadly snakeboth

    A snake that kills instantly.

العَاضِهَةadjective
  1. 1.
    deadly snakeboth

    A snake that kills instantly.

العَضَهnoun
  1. 1.
    lieboth

    A lie, slander, sorcery.

عَضُونnoun
  1. 1.
    lies (pl.)both

    Plural of lies, slander, sorcery.

عَزِينnoun
  1. 1.
    lies (pl.)both

    Plural of lies, slander, sorcery.

العَاضِهnoun
  1. 1.
    sorcererboth

    A sorcerer.

Parallel reading

أعظم الشجر، أو الخمط، أو كل ذات شوك، أو ما عظم منها وطال
The largest trees, or thorny plants, or all plants with thorns, or those that are large and tall.
وبعير عضوي وعضهي وعضاهي، وناقة عاضهة وعاضه: ترعاها
And a camel that grazes on thorny trees (ʿaḍwī, ʿiḍhī, ʿaḍāhī), and a female camel that grazes on them (ʿāḍihah, ʿāḍihah).
وأرض عضهة وعضيهة ومعضهة: كثيرتها
And land that is thorny (ʿaḍhah, ʿaḍīhah, maʿḍhah): abundant in it.
وقد أعضت
And it became abundant in thorny trees.
والقوم: أكلت إبلهم العضاه
And the people: their camels ate the thorny trees.
وعضه، كمنع، عضها، ويحرك، وعضيهة وعضهة، بالكسر: كذب، وسحر، ونم
And ʿaḍaha (like manʿa), ʿaḍihahā, and it is vocalized with damm, and ʿaḍīhah and ʿaḍhah (with kasr): lied, practiced sorcery, and slandered.
والبعير عضها: أكل العضاه
And the camel ʿaḍaha: ate the thorny trees.
وكفرح: اشتكى من أكلها؛ أو رعاها، وجاء بالإفك والبهتان، كأعضه
And ka-fariḥa: complained of eating them; or grazed on them, and brought falsehood and slander, like aʿaḍḍaha.
وفلانا: بهته، وقال فيه ما لم يكن
And ʿaḍaha someone: slandered him, and said about him what was not true.
والعضاه: قطعها، كعضهها
And al-ʿaḍāh: cutting them, like ʿaḍaha-hā.
والحية العاضه والعاضهة: التي تقتل من ساعتها
And the snake al-ʿāḍiḥ and al-ʿāḍiḥah: that kills instantly.
والعضه، كعنب: الكذب، والبهتان، والسحر
And al-ʿaḍah (like ʿanab): the lie, the slander, the sorcery.
ج: عضون، كعزة وعزين
Plural: ʿaḍūn, like ʿizzah and ʿazīn.
والعاضه: الساحر
And al-ʿāḍiḥ: the sorcerer.