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كذذ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to soft, porous stones, often described as being like mud or earth. It also appears in poetic contexts describing the movement or scattering of such materials.

Derived headwords

الكِذَاذُnoun
  1. 1.
    soft stonesclassical

    Soft stones that resemble mud or earth. They are porous and easily broken.

كِذَاذٌnoun
  1. 1.
    soft stonesclassical

    A plural form referring to soft, earth-like stones.

Parallel reading

الكذان بالفتح: حجارة رخوة كأنها مدر.
Al-kidhan (with fatha): soft stones as if they were mud.
ترامى بكذان إلا كام ومروها
It was thrown with soft stones, except for its hard stones and flint.