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Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of foolishness, lightness, and perhaps a collective or group. It includes terms for making someone seem foolish or insignificant, as well as words for groups of people and specific objects like a forelock or a female donkey.

Derived headwords

هاضاهverb
  1. 1.
    to make foolishclassical

    To make someone appear foolish or stupid.

  2. 2.
    to belittleclassical

    To consider someone insignificant or to treat them with contempt.

استحمقهverb
  1. 1.
    to consider foolishclassical

    To deem someone foolish or stupid.

استخف بهverb
  1. 1.
    to make light ofclassical

    To treat someone lightly, to underestimate them, or to consider them of little importance.

الأهضاءnoun
  1. 1.
    groupsclassical

    Collectives or gatherings of people.

الهضاةnoun
  1. 1.
    forelockclassical

    The lock of hair that grows on the forehead, often hanging down.

  2. 2.
    female donkeyclassical

    A female donkey.

Parallel reading

هاضاه: استحمقه، واستخف به.
He made him foolish: he considered him foolish, and he made light of him.
والأهضاء: الجماعات من الناس.
And Al-Ahdaa': groups of people.
والهضاة، بالكسر: الذؤابة، والأتان.
And Al-Hudhāh, with a kasra: the forelock, and the female donkey.