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عرد

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of hardness, solidity, and uprightness. It extends to the growth and emergence of plants and other things, as well as specific terms for plants, animals, and objects.

Derived headwords

عَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hardboth

    To be solid, firm, or unyielding in nature.

عُرُودnoun
  1. 1.
    hardnessclassical

    The quality of being hard, solid, or firm.

عَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to emerge, to grow tallboth

    Used for plants, teeth, and other things that sprout and grow upwards.

عُرُودnoun
  1. 1.
    emergence, growthclassical

    The act or process of emerging or growing tall, especially of plants.

عَوَارِدnoun
  1. 1.
    tall thingsclassical

    Plural of 'عَارِد', referring to things that are tall or have emerged, like plants.

عَارِدadjective
  1. 1.
    tall, emergentclassical

    Describing something that has emerged or grown tall, particularly plants.

عَرَّادnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of desert plantclassical

    A specific kind of plant belonging to the 'حمض' (saltwort/chenopod) family.

عَرَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to flee, to run awayclassical

    To escape or run away from a situation.

تَعْرِيدnoun
  1. 1.
    fleeingclassical

    The act of fleeing or running away.

عُرَادَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female locustboth

    The female of the locust insect.

  2. 2.
    a difficult situationclassical

    Figuratively refers to a state of hardship or difficulty, as in 'في عرادة خنير'.

عُرَادَةname
  1. 1.
    a horse's nameclassical

    The proper name of a horse.

عُرَّادَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a siege engineclassical

    A siege weapon, smaller than a mangonel (منجنيق).

عَرَنْدَدadjective
  1. 1.
    hard, solidclassical

    Extremely hard or solid, often used as an intensifier.

عَرَنْدَدnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of fruitclassical

    A fruit, possibly related to quince, mentioned as being similar to 'سفرجل'.

عَرَنْدadjective
  1. 1.
    thick, stoutclassical

    Describing something as thick or stout, like a tree trunk.

Parallel reading

شئ عرد، أي صلب.
A hard thing, meaning solid.
وعرد النبت يعرد عرودا، أي طلع وارتفع، وكذلك الناب وغيره.
And the plant emerged and grew tall, meaning it sprouted and rose up, and likewise a tooth and other things.
ترى شئون رأسها العواردا مضبورة إلى شبا حدائدا
You see the emerging parts of its head, tall and bound to the sharp edges.
والعراد: نبت من الحمض.
And 'al-'arrad: a plant from the chenopod family.
إلا عرادا عردا
Except for a 'arrad plant, which is hard.
والعرادة: الجرادة الأنثى.
And 'al-'aradah: the female locust.
وفلان في عرادة خنير، أي في حال غير.
And so-and-so is in a difficult situation, meaning in a bad state.
والعرادة: اسم فرس.
And 'al-'aradah: the name of a horse.
تسائلني بنو جشم بن بكر أغراء العرادة أم بهيم
The sons of Jusham bin Bakr ask me, is it the horse 'al-'Aradah, or is it a dark horse?
والعرادة بالتشديد: شئ أصغر من المنجنيق.
And 'al-'arradah (with shadda): something smaller than a mangonel.
وعرد الرجل تعريدا، إذا فر.
And the man fled, meaning he ran away.
والعرندد: الصلب، وهو ملحق بسفرجل.
And 'al-'arandad: the solid one, and it is analogous to 'safardal' (quince).
وتر عرند، أي غليظ، ونظيره من الكلام ترنج.
A thick tree trunk, meaning stout, and its equivalent in speech is 'taranj'.