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عدن

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root 'adn' primarily relates to settling, residing, and remaining in a place. It extends to concepts of permanence, origin, and a specific location, including a place name and geographical features.

Derived headwords

عَدَنَverb
  1. 1.
    a country/cityboth

    a country/city

عَدَنَتْverb
  1. 1.
    I settled in the countryboth

    I settled in the country

  2. 2.
    I kept the camels in such a place: I made them stay and not leaveboth

    I kept the camels in such a place: I made them stay and not leave

عدنت (1) البلد: توطنته — The land settled: it was inhabited.
وعدنت الإبل بمكان كذا: لزمته فلم تبرح — And the camels stayed in such-and-such a place: they adhered to it and did not depart.
عَدْنname
  1. 1.
    a country/cityboth

    a country/city

جنات عدن — Gardens of Eden
مَعْدِنnoun
  1. 1.
    named with a kasra on the dal because people reside there in summer and winterboth

    named with a kasra on the dal because people reside there in summer and winter

  2. 2.
    the center of everythingboth

    the center of everything

ومنهم سمى المعدن، بكسر الدال، لأن الناس يقيمون فيه الصيف والشتاء — And from this, the mine (ma'din, with kasra on the dal) was named, because people stay in it summer and winter.
ومركز كل شئ: معدنه — And the center of everything: its origin.
العادِنnoun
  1. 1.
    settled camelclassical

    A female camel that remains settled in a pasture and does not stray.

والعادن: الناقة المقيمة في المرعى — And the 'adin: the she-camel that stays in the pasture.
عَدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    coastclassical

    The coast of the sea.

وعدان البحر، بالفتح: ساحله — And 'adan of the sea, with fatha: its coast.
عَدَانname
  1. 1.
    Adanclassical

    A place name, possibly related to the city of Aden, mentioned in a poetic context.

بعدان السيف — Adan of the sword
العِيدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    tall palm treesclassical

    Tall, long palm trees.

يهززن للمشى أوصالا منعمة * هز الجنوب ضحى عيدان يبرينا — They shake for walking well-formed limbs * like the south wind on a sunny day over the tall palm trees of Yabrīn.
عَدْنَانname
  1. 1.
    Adnanboth

    The name of a progenitor of the Arabs, father of Ma'add.

وعدنان بن أد: أبو معد — And Adnan son of Ad: father of Ma'add.
العُدَيْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    patchclassical

    A patch or piece of leather used to repair the bottom of a bucket.

والعدينة: رقعة في أسفل الدلو — And the 'udaynah: a patch in the bottom of the bucket.
العَدَانَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    groups of peopleclassical

    A group or band of people.

والعدانات: الفرق من الناس — And the 'adanat: groups of people.

Parallel reading

عدنت (1) البلد: توطنته.
The land settled: it was inhabited.
وعدنت الإبل بمكان كذا: لزمته فلم تبرح.
And the camels stayed in such-and-such a place: they adhered to it and did not depart.
جنات عدن
Gardens of Eden
ومنهم سمى المعدن، بكسر الدال، لأن الناس يقيمون فيه الصيف والشتاء.
And from this, the mine (ma'din, with kasra on the dal) was named, because people stay in it summer and winter.
ومركز كل شئ: معدنه.
And the center of everything: its origin.
والعادن: الناقة المقيمة في المرعى.
And the 'adin: the she-camel that stays in the pasture.
وعدن: بلد باليمن.
And Aden: a city in Yemen.
وعدان البحر، بالفتح: ساحله.
And 'adan of the sea, with fatha: its coast.
والعيدان: النخل الطوال، وقد ذكرناه في الدال.
And the 'idan: the tall palm trees, and we have mentioned it under the letter Dal.
يهززن للمشى أوصالا منعمة * هز الجنوب ضحى عيدان يبرينا
They shake for walking well-formed limbs * like the south wind on a sunny day over the tall palm trees of Yabrīn.
وعدنان بن أد: أبو معد.
And Adnan son of Ad: father of Ma'add.
والعدينة: رقعة في أسفل الدلو، والجمع العدائن.
And the 'udaynah: a patch in the bottom of the bucket, and the plural is al-'adā'in.
يقال: غرب معدن، إذا قطع أسفله ثم خرز برقعة.
It is said: a bucket is 'ma'din, if its bottom is cut and then sewn with a patch.
والعدانات: الفرق من الناس.
And the 'adanat: groups of people.