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دد

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to amusement, play, and lighthearted activity. It can also refer to a specific place.

Derived headwords

الدَّدnoun
  1. 1.
    amusement and playboth

    amusement and play

دَدّnoun
  1. 1.
    Amusement, playclassical

    A variant form referring to amusement or play.

دَدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Amusement, playclassical

    Another variant form for amusement or play, similar to 'qafā'.

دَدَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Amusement, playclassical

    A further variant form for amusement or play.

Parallel reading

ما أنا من دَدٍ ولا الدَّدُ مِنِّي
I am not from amusement, nor is amusement from me.
تقول: هذا دَدٌ
You say: This is amusement.
ودَدًا مثل قفا
And 'dada' like 'qafā'.
وَدَدَن
And 'dadan'.
كأن حدوج المالكية غدوة * خلايا سفين بالنواصف من دَدٍ
As if the royal litters of the Banu Malik in the morning were * like the cells of a ship in the lowlands of Dadd.
ويقال: هو موضع
And it is said: It is a place.