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خضض

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root خضض primarily relates to the concept of shaking, agitating, or moving something, particularly liquids. It also extends to meanings of small, insignificant things, foolishness, and specific types of adornments or materials.

Derived headwords

خَضْخَضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    agitationboth

    The act of shaking or agitating water or something similar.

خَضْخَضَverb
  1. 1.
    he stirred it, so it was stirredboth

    he stirred it, so it was stirred

تَخَضْخَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be agitatedboth

    To be shaken or agitated, used reflexively for the object being acted upon.

خَضَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    small adornmentsclassical

    A small, insignificant amount of jewelry or adornments.

  2. 2.
    inkclassical

    Ink or pigment.

  3. 3.
    foolish personclassical

    A foolish or stupid person.

خَضَاضَةadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    A foolish or stupid person (feminine form or intensive).

خُضُضnoun
  1. 1.
    small white beadsclassical

    Small white beads used as adornments, often by slave women.

خَضَاخِضadjective
  1. 1.
    watery and vegetatedclassical

    A place that is abundant with water and vegetation.

خِضَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    inkclassical

    Ink or pigment (variant pronunciation with kasra).

خَضْخَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    type of tarclassical

    A specific type of tar or bitumen used to anoint camels.

Parallel reading

الخضخضة: تحريك الماء ونحوه.
Al-khadkhada: shaking water and the like.
وقد خضخضته فتخضخض.
And I agitated it, and it became agitated.
والخضاض: الشئ اليسير من الحلي، يقال: ما عليها خضاض، أي شئ من الحلى.
And al-khidhad: a small amount of jewelry; it is said: 'She has no khidhad,' meaning no jewelry at all.
ولو أشرفت من كفة الستر عاطلا * لقلت غزال ما عليه خضاض *
And if you looked from the curtain's edge, bare of adornment, * You would say a gazelle, with no jewelry upon it *
ورجل خضاض وخضاضة، أي أحمق.
And a man is khadhad and khadhadah, meaning foolish.
والخضاض: المداد والنقس، وربما جاء بكسر الخاء.
And al-khidhad: ink and pigment, and sometimes it comes with a kasra on the kha.
والخضض: الخرز الأبيض الصغار الذي تلبسه الاماء.
And al-khudud: small white beads that slave women wear.
وإن قروم خطمة أنزلتني * بحيث يرى من الخضض الخروت *
And the noblemen of Khutmah have brought me down * To a place where the small white beads are seen *
ومكان خضاخض: كثير الماء والشجر.
And a place is khadakhid: abundant with water and trees.
خضاخضة بخضيع السيول قد بلغ السيل حذفارها
Abundant with water and trees, the torrents have reached its banks.
والخضخاض: ضرب من القطران تهنأ به الإبل.
And al-khadkhad: a type of tar with which camels are anointed.