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فود

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sides of the head, specifically the temples or the area where hair grows. It also extends to the concept of death or perishing, possibly metaphorically linked to the fading or loss associated with the sides of the head.

Derived headwords

فَوْدnoun
  1. 1.
    temple (side of head)both

    The side of the head, specifically the area of the temples or where the hair grows.

  2. 2.
    lock of hairclassical

    A lock or tress of hair, particularly when referring to a person with two braids.

فَوْدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two braidsclassical

    Refers to a person having two braids of hair.

الفَوْدَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    between the two sidesclassical

    The space between the two sides, used metaphorically to mean between two important things or people.

فَادَverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    To perish or die.

يُفِيدُverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    He dies; present tense of the verb meaning to perish or die.

يَفُودُverb
  1. 1.
    to dieclassical

    He dies; present tense of the verb meaning to perish or die.

Parallel reading

فود الرأس: جانباه.
The side of the head: its two sides.
بدا الشيب بفوديه.
Gray hair appeared on his temples.
إذا كان للرجل ضفيرتان يقال: لفلان فودان.
If a man has two braids, it is said: 'So-and-so has two braids.'
وقعد بين الفودين، أي بين العدلين.
And he sat between the two sides, meaning between the two equals/supports.
وفاد يفيد ويفود، أي مات.
And 'fāda' (he died), 'yufīdu' (he dies), and 'yafūdu' (he dies), meaning he died.
رعى خرزات الملك ستين حجة وعشرين حتى فاد والشيب شامل
He grazed the King's beads for sixty and twenty years until he perished while grayness was widespread.