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ضوء

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of light, illumination, and radiance. It describes the act of shining, becoming bright, and causing something to emit light. The derived terms encompass both the abstract concept of light and the physical manifestation of it, often associated with fire or celestial bodies.

Derived headwords

الضوءnoun
  1. 1.
    lightboth

    light

الضياءnoun
  1. 1.
    illuminationboth

    The state of being illuminated; the provision of light.

  2. 2.
    brightnessboth

    The quality of emitting or reflecting light; luminosity.

ضاءتverb
  1. 1.
    it shone, shiningboth

    it shone, shining

  2. 2.
    it lit up something elseboth

    it lit up something else

تضوءverb
  1. 1.
    to shineboth

    To emit or reflect light; to be luminous. This is a form of the verb 'ضاء'.

  2. 2.
    to become brightboth

    To grow luminous or radiant. This is a form of the verb 'ضاء'.

ضوءاnoun
  1. 1.
    shiningboth

    The act or process of emitting light; illumination. This is the masdar of 'ضاء'.

  2. 2.
    brightnessboth

    The quality of being bright or luminous.

أضاءتverb
  1. 1.
    alsoboth

    also

أضاءتهverb
  1. 1.
    to illuminate itboth

    To make something bright or luminous. This is the transitive form of 'أضاء'.

Parallel reading

الضوء: الضياء، وكذلك الضوء بالضم.
Light: illumination, and likewise light (with dammah).
يقال ضاءت النار تضوء ضوءا وضوءا، وأضاءت مثله، وأضاءته أيضا، يتعدى ولا يتعدى.
It is said the fire shone, emitting light, and it illuminated, similarly, and it illuminated it also; it is transitive and intransitive.
أضاءت لنا النار وجها أغ‍ * ر ملتبسا بالفؤاد التباسا
The fire illuminated for us a face, adorned, entangled with the heart, an entanglement.