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حوض

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a basin, pool, or reservoir, particularly for water. It extends metaphorically to encompass gathering, surrounding, or encompassing something.

Derived headwords

الحَوْضnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the basins and reservoirsboth

    one of the basins and reservoirs

حِيَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    Pools, basinsboth

    Plural of حَوْض (ḥawḍ), referring to multiple pools or basins.

أَحْوَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    Pools, basinsboth

    Another plural of حَوْض (ḥawḍ), referring to multiple pools or basins.

حَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    the man made a basinboth

    the man made a basin

حَوَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    To make a poolclassical

    To make or construct a pool or basin.

اسْتَحَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    To gather, accumulateclassical

    For water to gather or accumulate.

مَحَاوَضnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of مخاضةboth

    plural of مخاضة

أَحَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    his knowledge encompassed itboth

    his knowledge encompassed it

  2. 2.
    he encompassed it with knowledgeboth

    he encompassed it with knowledge

حَوْضِيّname
  1. 1.
    Hawdiclassical

    A proper name of a place.

Parallel reading

الحوض: واحد الحياض والأحواض.
Al-ḥawḍ: the singular of al-ḥiyāḍ and al-aḥwāḍ.
وحضت أحوض: اتخذت حوضا.
I made a pool (waḥaḍtu aḥūḍu): I took a pool.
واستحوض الماء: اجتمع.
And water gathered (istaḥawḍa al-māʼu): it gathered.
والمحوض بالتشديد: شئ كالحوض يجعل للنخلة تشرب منه.
And al-maḥwāḍ (with shadda): is something like a basin made for a palm tree to drink from.
أنا أحوض ذلك الأمر، أي أدور حوله، مثل أحوط.
I am concerned with that matter (anā aḥūḍu dhālika al-amra), meaning I go around it, like aḥūṭu.
حوضى: اسم موضع.
Ḥawḍā: a place name.
من وحش حوضي يراعي الصيد منتبذا
From the wild beasts of Ḥawḍā, watching for prey, isolated
كأنه كوكب في الجو منجرد
As if it were a star in the sky, solitary
يعنى بالصيد الوحش.
He means by 'prey' the wild beast.