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حتد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of staying, settling, and permanence in a place. It also extends to the idea of an origin or foundation, and to a specific type of enduring spring.

Derived headwords

حَتَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to stay, remainboth

    To reside in a place and remain fixed there.

يَحْتَدُverb
  1. 1.
    to stay, remainboth

    The present tense form of the verb meaning to reside in a place and remain fixed there.

مَحْتَدnoun
  1. 1.
    origin, rootboth

    The fundamental origin or foundation of something or someone.

  2. 2.
    foundationclassical

    The basis or groundwork from which something stems.

فلان من محتد صدق — So-and-so is from a true origin.
عَيْنٌ حَتَدnoun
  1. 1.
    spring that does not ceaseclassical

    A spring of water from the earth whose flow is continuous and does not stop.

Parallel reading

حتد بالمكان يحتد: أقام به وثبت.
He stayed in the place and remained fixed there.
والمحتد: الاصل،
And the origin: the root,
يقال فلان من محتد صدق
it is said, 'So-and-so is from a true origin.'
وعين حتد بضم الحاء والتاء، إذا كان لا ينقطع ماؤها من عيون الارض.
And a spring (is called) 'hatad' (with damma on the ha and ta), if its water from the springs of the earth does not cease.