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الكده

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of striking or hitting with force, causing damage or a significant impact. It extends to related ideas of breaking, splitting, and overcoming, as well as emotional distress and a specific vocalization.

Derived headwords

كَدَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike hardboth

    To strike something with a stone or similar object, causing a severe impact or mark.

  2. 2.
    to breakboth

    To break or shatter something as a result of a forceful impact.

  3. 3.
    to split hairboth

    To split or divide hair, often with a comb.

كَدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    severe strikingclassical

    The act of striking with a stone or similar object, resulting in a severe impact or mark.

  2. 2.
    breakingclassical

    The act of breaking or shattering.

  3. 3.
    hair partingclassical

    The parting or splitting of hair.

كَدْهnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    A severe strike or impact, often with a stone.

  2. 2.
    breakingclassical

    A break or fracture.

  3. 3.
    hair partingclassical

    The parting of hair.

كُدُوهnoun
  1. 1.
    severe strikesclassical

    Plural of 'kaddah', referring to multiple severe strikes or impacts.

كَسْرnoun
  1. 1.
    breakingclassical

    The act or result of breaking.

فَرْقnoun
  1. 1.
    partingclassical

    The act of parting or separating, specifically referring to hair.

كَدْيnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking or hitting.

  2. 2.
    breakingclassical

    The act of breaking.

تَكْدِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking or hitting.

  2. 2.
    breakingclassical

    The act of breaking.

غَلَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    overcomingclassical

    The state of being overcome or defeated; dominance.

صَوْتnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    A sound, specifically a vocalization used to drive away wild beasts.

مَكْدُوهadjective
  1. 1.
    distressedclassical

    One who is grieved, sorrowful, or afflicted.

Parallel reading

الكده بالحجر ونحوه: صك يؤثر أثرا شديدا
Al-kaddah with a stone and the like: a strike that leaves a severe mark.
ج: كدوه، والكسر، وفرق الشعر بالمشط
Plural: kudwah, and breaking, and parting the hair with a comb.
وكده، كمنع، وكده تكديها في الكل
And kadaha, like man'a, and kadaha takdiyah in all of it.
والكده أيضا: الغلبة
And al-kaddah also: dominance.
وصوت يزجر به السباع، ويضم
And a sound with which wild beasts are driven away, and it is pronounced with dammah.
وسقط فتكده: تكسر
And he fell and it broke him: he was broken.
والمكدوه: المغموم
And al-makduhw: the grieved one.