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زدا

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a child's game involving throwing nuts into a pit. It also extends to the act of reaching or stretching out one's hand towards something, similar to how camels extend their legs when walking.

Derived headwords

زَدَا الصبي الجوز، يزدو زَدْوًاverb
  1. 1.
    to play and throwclassical

    Specifically describes a child playing with nuts (jawz) by throwing them into a pit.

زَدْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    playing and throwingclassical

    The act of playing and throwing, as performed by a child with nuts.

المَزْدَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    pit for playingclassical

    The pit into which a child throws nuts during the game.

ازْدَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch outclassical

    To stretch out or reach towards something, often used in the context of a wide expanse or distance.

السَّدْوnoun
  1. 1.
    stretching of the handclassical

    The act of extending the hand towards something.

السَّدْوnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's gaitclassical

    Refers to the way camels extend their legs when walking.

Parallel reading

زدا الصبي الجوز وبالجوز، يزدو زدوا، أي لعب ورمى به في الحفيرة
The boy played with the nuts and threw them into the pit, playing and throwing.
وتلك الحفيرة هي المزداة
And that pit is the 'mazdah'.
أبعد المدى وازده
Stretch out to the farthest distance.
الزدو: لغة في السدو
Az-zadu: is a dialectal variant of as-sadw.
وهو مد اليد نحو الشئ
And it is the stretching of the hand towards something.
كما تسدو الابل في سيرها بأيديها
Just as camels extend their legs (lit. hands) in their walking.