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رضح

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of crushing, breaking, or pounding, particularly hard substances like pebbles, nuts, or seeds. It extends to the resulting fragments or the tools used for crushing.

Derived headwords

رَضْحnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingboth

    The act of crushing or breaking hard materials like pebbles or nut shells.

  2. 2.
    crushed materialclassical

    The material that has been crushed, such as nut shells or seeds.

رَضَخَverb
  1. 1.
    he gave him a littleboth

    he gave him a little

رَضَّاحadjective
  1. 1.
    crushingclassical

    Describing something that crushes or breaks hard materials.

الرَّضْحnoun
  1. 1.
    nut shellsclassical

    Refers specifically to crushed nut shells or seeds.

يَتَرَضَّحُverb
  1. 1.
    to be crushedclassical

    To be crushed or broken under pressure.

مِرْضَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    crushing stoneclassical

    A stone or tool used for crushing nut shells or seeds.

نَوَى الرَّضْحnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered fragmentsclassical

    Refers to the small, scattered fragments of crushed nuts or seeds.

Parallel reading

وهو كسر الحصى أو النوى.
And it is the breaking of pebbles or nut shells.
بكل وأب للحصى رضاح
With every heavy thing that crushes pebbles.
والاسم الرضح بالضم، وهو النوى المرضوح.
And the noun is 'al-radh' with damma, and it is the crushed nut shell.
وترعى الرضح والورقا
And they graze on the crushed nut shells and the leaves.
وتقول: رضحت الحصى فترضح.
And she says: I crushed the pebbles, and they are crushed.
تخطى إلي الحاجزين مدلة
She passed over to the two barriers with pride,
يكاد الحصى من وطئها يترضح
The pebbles almost get crushed from her stepping on them.
والمرضاح: الحجر الذي يرضح به النوى، أي يدق.
And 'al-mirdaah' is the stone with which the nut shells are crushed, meaning pounded.
ونوى الرضح: ما ندر منه.
And 'nawa al-radh' is what is scattered from it.