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رذذ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns light or scattered precipitation, specifically a weak rain. It also extends to describe a day characterized by such rain or land affected by it.

Derived headwords

الرَّذَاذnoun
  1. 1.
    the light rainboth

    the light rain

أَرْذَتِ السَّمَاءُverb
  1. 1.
    to drizzleclassical

    The sky rained lightly or drizzled. This is a Form IV verb derived from the root.

أَرْضٌ مُرِذَّةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    land with drizzleclassical

    Land upon which light rain has fallen or is falling.

مُرِذَّ عَلَيْهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to rain lightly uponclassical

    The land was rained upon lightly. This is a passive construction mentioned by Abu Ubaid.

يَوْمٌ مُرِذٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    day of drizzleclassical

    A day characterized by light rain or drizzle.

Parallel reading

الرذاذ: المطر الضعيف، وهو فوق القطقط.
Drizzle: the weak rain, and it is above the very fine mist.
يقال: أرذت السماء، وأرض مرذة، حكاه الكسائي.
It is said: 'The sky drizzled,' and 'a land with drizzle,' as narrated by Al-Kisa'i.
وقال أبو عبيد: أرض مرذ عليها، ولا يقال مرذة ولا مرذوذة.
And Abu Ubaid said: 'Land rained upon lightly,' and it is not said 'maradhah' or 'marthudhah'.
الأموي: يوم مرذ: ذو رذاذ.
Al-Ammuwi said: 'A day of drizzle': a day with drizzle.