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ضهى

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to resemblance or similarity. It also extends to describe a type of tree and, metaphorically, a woman who does not menstruate.

Derived headwords

الضهياءnoun
  1. 1.
    Treeclassical

    A type of tree.

  2. 2.
    Woman who does not menstruateclassical

    A woman who does not experience menstruation.

ضهياةadjective
  1. 1.
    One who does not menstruateclassical

    Describing a woman who does not menstruate.

ضهياهadjective
  1. 1.
    One who does not menstruateclassical

    Describing a woman who does not menstruate.

المضاهاةnoun
  1. 1.
    resemblance, similarityboth

    resemblance, similarity

  2. 2.
    resemblance, similarityboth

    resemblance, similarity

ضاهىverb
  1. 1.
    To resembleboth

    To be like or similar to someone or something.

  2. 2.
    To imitateboth

    To copy the way someone does something or the appearance of something.

يضاهونverb
  1. 1.
    They resembleboth

    The present tense verb form indicating that a group of males resemble or imitate.

ضهئadjective
  1. 1.
    Similarclassical

    Resembling or like something else.

Parallel reading

الضهياء ممدود: شجر.
Al-ḍihyāʾ (extended): trees.
والضهياء أيضا: المرأة التي لا تحيض.
And al-ḍihyāʾ also: a woman who does not menstruate.
امرأة ضهياة وضهياه، بالتاء والهاء، قال: وهي التي لا تطمث.
A woman ḍahiyyah and ḍahiyyah, with tāʾ and hāʾ, he said: and she is one who does not menstruate.
والمضاهاة: المشاكلة، تهمز ولا تهمز.
And al-muḍāhāt: resemblance, it is hamzated and not hamzated.
يقال: ضاهيت.
It is said: I resembled.
وقرئ: (يضاهون قول الذين كفروا).
And it was recited: (They resemble the saying of those who disbelieved).
وهذا ضهئ هذا، على فعيل، أي شبيهه.
And this is ḍahīʾ of this, on the pattern of faʿīl, meaning its likeness.