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وغد

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to serving or attending to others, often in a menial capacity. It also extends to concepts of lowliness, a specific type of arrow in a game of chance, and a peculiar gait in camels.

Derived headwords

وغَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to serveboth

    To serve a group of people, attending to their needs.

أغَدَهُمverb
  1. 1.
    to serve themboth

    The second-person plural past tense verb form, meaning to serve them.

الوغْدnoun
  1. 1.
    the lowly man who serves for the food of his bellyboth

    the lowly man who serves for the food of his belly

وَغَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to be baseclassical

    To be a base or ignoble person, often associated with menial service.

المواغَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    walking gaitclassical

    A manner of walking or moving, particularly in the context of travel or a camel's gait.

  2. 2.
    camel's gaitclassical

    Refers to a specific gait of a camel where one limb seems to move in coordination with the opposite limb.

Parallel reading

وغدت القوم أغدهم، أي خدمتهم.
And I served the people, I served them, meaning I attended to them.
والوغد: الرجل الدنئ الذى يخدم بطعام بطنه.
And the 'waghd' is the base man who serves with the food of his belly.
تقول منه: وغد الرجل بالضم.
You say from it: 'Waghada' (with damma on the ghayn), meaning the man was base.
والوغد: قدح من سهام الميسر لا نصيب له.
And the 'waghd' is a portion of the arrows of Maysir which has no share for it.
والمواغدة في السير، مثل المواضخة.
And the 'muwaghadah' in walking is like the 'muwadakhah'.
وقد تكون المواغدة للناقة الواحدة، لأن إحدى يديها ورجليها تواغد الاخرى.
And the 'muwaghadah' can be for a single she-camel, because one of its hands and feet moves in coordination with the other.