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Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes hardness, difficulty, and scarcity. It extends to concepts of enduring hardship, being stingy or withholding, and things that are solid, unyielding, or lacking in essence.

Derived headwords

الكِدْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardship of timeclassical

    Refers to the severe difficulties and adversities encountered throughout life.

الكَدِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardship of timeclassical

    Synonymous with الكِدْيَة, denoting the severe difficulties and adversities of life.

الأَرْضُ الغَلِيظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hard groundboth

    Describes land that is rough, stony, and difficult to cultivate or traverse.

الصَّفَاةُ العَظِيمَةُ الشَّدِيدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large, hard rockboth

    Refers to a massive and extremely solid rock.

الشَّيْءُ الصُّلْبُ بَيْنَ الحِجَارَةِ وَالطِّينِnoun
  1. 1.
    hard substanceboth

    A solid object found amidst stones and mud, implying a dense or compacted material.

الكُثْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heap of food/drinkclassical

    A collection or mound of food or drink that has been gathered.

الكِدَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    heap of food/drinkclassical

    Synonymous with الكُثْبَة, referring to a gathered pile of food or drink.

الكَدَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    heap of food/drinkclassical

    Also synonymous with الكُثْبَة, denoting a collected mass of food or drink.

أَكْدَىverb
  1. 1.
    to hit bedrockboth

    When digging, to reach a hard layer of rock or impenetrable ground.

  2. 2.
    to find something similarclassical

    When asking someone for something, to find that they possess something comparable or equivalent.

  3. 3.
    to be stingyboth

    To withhold or be reluctant to give, often implying a lack of generosity.

  4. 4.
    to have little goodclassical

    To possess or produce little of value or benefit.

  5. 5.
    to give littleclassical

    To bestow a small amount or meager portion.

  6. 6.
    to fail to form (mineral)classical

    Used for a mineral deposit that does not yield any valuable substance or essence.

كَدَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be stingyclassical

    Similar to أَكْدَى, meaning to be parsimonious or to give little.

مِسْكٌ كَدِيnoun
  1. 1.
    odorless muskclassical

    Refers to musk that has lost its scent or has no fragrance.

كَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be odorlessclassical

    Used to describe something, like musk, that lacks a smell.

امْرَأَةٌ مَكْدِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    closed (vagina)classical

    A description of a woman whose vaginal opening is closed or imperforate.

Parallel reading

الكِدْيَة، بالضم: شدة الدهر
Al-kidya, with damma, means the hardship of time.
كالكادية
like the Kadiya (hardship of time).
والأرض الغليظة
and the hard ground.
والصفاة العظيمة الشديدة
and the large, hard rock.
والشيء الصلب بين الحجارة والطين
and the hard substance between stones and mud.
وما جمع من طعام أو شراب فجعل كثبة، كالكداية والكداة
and what is gathered of food or drink and made into a heap, like al-kidaya and al-kada.
وحفر فأكدى: صادفها
And he dug and hit bedrock: he encountered it.
وسأله فأكدى: وجده مثلها
And he asked him and found it similar: he found it like it.
وأكدى: بخل، أو قل خيره، أو قلل عطاءه، ككدى، كرمى
And he was stingy: or his good was little, or his giving was little, like kada, as in rama.
والمعدن: لم يتكون به جوهر
And the mineral: no essence was formed in it.
ومسك كدي، كغني، وكد: لا رائحة له
And musk kadi, like ghani, and kad: it has no smell.
وامرأة مكدية: رتقاء
And a mukdayah woman: imperforate.