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نده

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of driving or urging animals, particularly camels, forward. It also extends to concepts of abundance, large numbers, and the act of becoming full or complete.

Derived headwords

نَدَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to urge onboth

    To urge on a camel, to drive it away by shouting or making noise.

نَدَهَ الإبلverb
  1. 1.
    to drive camelsboth

    To drive camels together, or to drive them and gather them.

النَّدْهَةnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of wealthclassical

    A large quantity of wealth or possessions.

  2. 2.
    a score of sheepclassical

    Specifically, twenty of sheep or similar animals.

  3. 3.
    a hundred camelsclassical

    Specifically, one hundred camels.

  4. 4.
    a thousand of coined moneyclassical

    Specifically, one thousand units of coined money.

انتَدَهَ الأمرverb
  1. 1.
    to become fullclassical

    The matter or situation became complete or full.

اسْتَنَدَهَ الأمرverb
  1. 1.
    to become fullclassical

    The matter or situation became complete or full.

Parallel reading

نَدَه البعيرَ: زَجَرَهُ، وطَرَدَهُ بالصياحِ
To urge on a camel: to drive it away by shouting.
والإبلَ: ساقَها مُجْتَمِعَةً، أو ساقَها وجَمَعَها
And the camels: to drive them together, or to drive them and gather them.
والنَّدْهَةُ، وتُضَمُّ: الكَثْرَةُ من المالِ
And the abundance (al-nahdah), and it is pronounced with dammah: the abundance of wealth.
أو هي العِشْرُونَ من الغَنَمِ ونَحْوِها
Or it is twenty of sheep and the like.
والمِئَةُ من الإبِلِ
And a hundred of camels.
والأَلْفُ من الصَّامِتِ
And a thousand of coined money.
وانتَدَهَ الأمرُ: اتَّلأَبَ
And the matter became full: it became complete.
واسْتَنَدَهَ الأمرُ: اتَّلأَبَ
And the matter became full: it became complete.