ردء

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of support, aid, and reinforcement. It extends to meanings of being a source of strength, a helper, or a backing, and metaphorically applies to strengthening structures or improving the condition of something. It also encompasses related ideas of increase and, in a negative sense, becoming bad or corrupted.

Derived headwords

الرَّدْءnoun

1.
supportboth
A source of support, aid, or reinforcement; a helper or backer.
2.
provisionclassical
A supply or provision, especially a heavy load or equivalent.

فإنهم ردء الإسلام وجباة المال — They are the support of Islam and the collectors of money

وفلان ردء لفلان — And so-and-so is a support for so-and-so

أَرْدَاءnoun

1.
loadsclassical
Plural of 'rid' (ردء), referring to heavy loads or equivalents.

وعدلوا الردأين: العدلين — And they adjusted the two equivalents: the two just men

رَدَأَهُverb

1.
to support himboth
To make something a support, strength, or pillar for someone.

ردأته بكذا وكذا — I made it a strength and a pillar for him with such and such

رَدَأَ الحَائِطَverb

1.
to prop up the wallboth
To prop up or support a wall, typically with wood or a prop, to prevent it from falling.

ردأت الحائطا أردؤه — I propped up the wall, I prop it up

كَأَرْدَأَهُverb

1.
to prop it upboth
To prop up or support something, similar to 'rada'a'.

أَرْدَأْتُهُ بِنَفْسِيverb

1.
to be a support for himboth
To be a support or helper for someone.

وأردأته بنفسي إذا كنت له ردءاً — And I was a support for him myself, meaning I became a support for him

أَرْدَأَ القَوْمُverb

1.
to cooperateclassical
The people cooperated or helped each other.

وتردأ القوم وترادءوا: تعاونوا — And the people helped each other and cooperated: they helped each other

تَرَادَأُواverb

1.
to cooperateclassical
The people cooperated or helped each other.

وتردأ القوم وترادءوا: تعاونوا — And the people helped each other and cooperated: they helped each other

رَدَأَهُ بِحَجَرٍverb

1.
to throw a stone at himboth
To throw a stone at someone or something.

ردأه بحجر: رماه به — He threw a stone at him: he threw it at him

المِرْدَأَةnoun

1.
heavy stoneclassical
A stone that is very heavy, difficult for a strong man to lift with his hands.

رَدَأَ الإِبِلَverb

1.
to tend the camels wellclassical
To take good care of camels, managing their condition well; to tend them properly.

والراعي يردأ الإبل: يحسن رعيها فيقيم حالها — And the shepherd tends the camels: he tends them well, improving their condition

أَرْدَأَهُverb

1.
to help himboth
To help someone, to be a support for them.
2.
to increaseclassical
To increase something, to add to it.
3.
to lowerclassical
To lower a curtain or to make something still.
4.
to spoilclassical
To spoil or corrupt something.
5.
to confirmclassical
To confirm or establish something.

وأردأه: أعانه بنفسه — And he helped him: he helped him with himself

أردأ على مائة: زاد عليها — He increased upon a hundred: he added to it

أَرْدَأَ عَلَى الخَمْسِينَverb

1.
to exceed fiftyclassical
To exceed a number, specifically fifty.

وأردأ على مائة: زاد عليها — He increased upon a hundred: he added to it

أردأ على الستين — He exceeded sixty

أَرْدَأَ السِّتْرَverb

1.
to lower the curtainclassical
To lower a curtain or to make something still.

أردأ الستر: أرخاه — He lowered the curtain: he let it hang down

أَرْدَأَهُverb

1.
to spoil itclassical
To spoil or corrupt something.

أردأته أفسدته — I spoiled it, I corrupted it

أَرْدَأَverb

1.
to do something badclassical
To do something bad or reprehensible.

فعل فعلاً رديئاً — He did a bad deed

رَدُؤَverb

1.
to become badclassical
To become bad, corrupt, weak, or incapable.

ورَدُؤَ ككرم — And it became bad like karuma

رَدَاءَةnoun

1.
badnessclassical
Badness, corruption, weakness, or incapacity.

يردؤ رداءة — He became bad, meaning badness

رَدِيءadjective

1.
badboth
Bad, corrupt, evil, or reprehensible.
2.
unpleasantclassical
Unpleasant, disliked, or abominable.

فهو رديء فاسد — So he is bad, corrupt

والرديء: المنكر المكروه — And the bad: the abominable, the disliked

أَرْدِئَاءnoun

1.
bad peopleclassical
Plural of 'radī' (رديء), referring to bad or wicked people.

قوم أردئاء، بهمزتين — A group of bad people, with two hamzas

Parallel reading

وأوصيه بأهل الأمصار خيرا، فإنهم ردء الإسلام وجباة المال

And I recommend to him to treat the people of the provinces well, for they are the support of Islam and the collectors of money

فأرسله معي ردءا يصدقني

So send him with me as a support to confirm me

وفلان ردء لفلان، أي ينصره ويشد ظهره

And so-and-so is a support for so-and-so, meaning he helps him and strengthens his back

والردء: المادة والعدل الثقيل

And the 'rid' (support): the provision and the heavy load

وعدلوا الردأين: العدلين، لأن كلا منهما يردأ الآخر، وهو مجاز.

And they adjusted the two equivalents: the two just men, because each of them supports the other, and this is metaphorical.

وتقول: قد اعتكمنا أرداء لنا ثقالا، أي أعدالا، كل عدل منها ردء.

And you say: We have gathered for ourselves heavy loads, meaning equivalents, each equivalent being a support.

ردأته بكذا وكذا، أي جعلته قوة له وعمادا

I made it a strength and a pillar for him with such and such, meaning I made it a strength and a pillar for him

ردأ الحائطا أردؤه، إذا دعمته بخشب أو كبش يدفعه أن يسقط

I propped up the wall, I prop it up, if you support it with wood or a prop to prevent it from falling

وأردأته بنفسي إذا كنت له ردءا

And I was a support for him myself, if I was a support for him

وتردأ القوم وترادءوا: تعاونوا

And the people helped each other and cooperated: they helped each other

ردأه بحجر: رماه به

He threw a stone at him: he threw it at him

والمردأة: الحجر الذي لا يكاد الرجل الضابط يرفعه بيديه

And the 'mird'ah': the stone that a strong man can hardly lift with his hands

والراعي يردأ الإبل: يحسن رعيها فيقيم حالها

And the shepherd tends the camels: he tends them well, improving their condition

وأردأه: أعانه بنفسه

And he helped him: he helped him with himself

أردأ على مائة: زاد عليها

He increased upon a hundred: he added to it

أردأ الستر: أرخاه

He lowered the curtain: he let it hang down

أردأته أفسدته

I spoiled it, I corrupted it

ورَدُؤَ ككرم

And it became bad like karuma

فهو رديء فاسد

So he is bad, corrupt

وهذا شيء رديء بين الرداءة

And this is a bad thing between badness

والرديء: المنكر المكروه

And the bad: the abominable, the disliked

ورجل رديء كذلك (من) قوم أردئاء، بهمزتين

And a man is likewise bad (from) a group of bad people, with two hamzas