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لدى

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

The root 'لدى' primarily relates to the concept of 'at', 'with', or 'by' someone or something, indicating proximity or possession. It functions similarly to prepositions like 'عند' (ʿinda) and can be used to denote location or accompaniment.

Derived headwords

لَدَىparticle
  1. 1.
    a variant of 'ladun'both

    a variant of 'ladun'

لَدُنْparticle
  1. 1.
    soft, flexibleboth

    soft, flexible

  2. 2.
    plural of 'ladn' (soft, flexible)both

    plural of 'ladn' (soft, flexible)

  3. 3.
    the place which is the limit, and it is an indeclinable adverb like 'ʿinda' (at, with)both

    the place which is the limit, and it is an indeclinable adverb like 'ʿinda' (at, with)

Parallel reading

لغة في لدن
A variant of 'ladun'.
وألفيا سَيِّدَها لَدَى البابِ
And they found her master by the door.
واتصاله بالمضمرات كاتصال عليك
And its connection with pronouns is like the connection of 'ʿalayka'.
فَدَعْ عَنكَ الصِّبا ولَدَيْكَ هَمّا
So leave youth behind you, and with you is a concern.
تُوقَشُ في فُؤادِكَ واختيالاً
That is etched in your heart, with pride.