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ضهء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of resemblance, likeness, or imitation. It describes the act of making something similar to another, often with a connotation of falsification or attempting to match something superior.

Derived headwords

المُضَاهَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    resemblance, similarityboth

    resemblance, similarity

  2. 2.
    resemblance, similarityboth

    resemblance, similarity

ضاهأتُverb
  1. 1.
    I resembledboth

    To be similar or alike to something; to bear a resemblance.

  2. 2.
    I imitatedboth

    To make something resemble or be like something else; to copy.

ضاهيتُverb
  1. 1.
    I resembledboth

    To be similar or alike to something; to bear a resemblance.

  2. 2.
    I imitatedboth

    To make something resemble or be like something else; to copy.

يُضَاهِئُونَverb
  1. 1.
    they resembleboth

    They are similar or alike to something; they bear a resemblance.

  2. 2.
    they imitateboth

    They make something resemble or be like something else; they copy.

Parallel reading

المضاهأة: المشاكلة.
Resemblance: likeness.
يقال: ضاهأت وضاهيت يهمز ولا يهمز
It is said: I resembled and I imitated, with hamza and without hamza.
وقرئ بهما قوله تعالى: (يضاهئون قول الذين كفروا)
And it was recited with both (forms) His saying, the Almighty: (They resemble the saying of those who disbelieved)