هردب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a heavy, slow, or lumbering gait. It also extends to describe individuals who are old, large, cowardly, or physically imposing but perhaps lacking in intellect or vitality.

Derived headwords

الهَرْدَبَةnoun

1.
heavy gaitboth
A slow, heavy, and cumbersome way of walking.
2.
old womanclassical
An old woman, particularly one who is large or imposing.

الهَرْدَبnoun

1.
heavy gaitboth
A slow, heavy, and cumbersome way of walking.
2.
old womanclassical
An old woman, particularly one who is large or imposing.
3.
cowardly personclassical
A person who is cowardly, large, and unintelligent.
4.
bloated personclassical
A person with a bloated stomach and no spirit or courage.
5.
tall, large manclassical
A man who is tall and large in body.

هَرْدَبَverb

1.
to walk heavilyboth
To walk with a slow, heavy, and cumbersome gait.

الهَرْدَبَةnoun

1.
old womanclassical
An old woman, particularly one who is large or imposing.

الهَرْدَبَةnoun

1.
cowardly personclassical
A person who is cowardly, large, and unintelligent.

الهَرْدَبَةnoun

1.
bloated personclassical
A person with a bloated stomach and no spirit or courage.

الهَرْدَبَةnoun

1.
tall, large manclassical
A man who is tall and large in body.

Parallel reading

الهردبة، والهردب: عدو ثقيل

Al-hardabah, and al-hardab: a heavy gait.

وقد هردب

And he walked with a heavy gait.

الهردبة: عدو، فيه ثقل

Al-hardabah: a gait, with heaviness in it.

والهردب، كقرشب، وكقرشبة: العجوز

And al-hardab, like qursab, and like qursabah: the old woman.

أف لتلك الدلقم الهردبه العنقفير الجلبح الطرطبه

Fie upon that large-faced, heavy-gaited, old, large-breasted one.

العنقفير، والجلبح: المسنة

Al-'unqafir, and al-jalbah: the aged woman.

والطرطبة: الكبيرة الثديين

And al-tarṭabah: the one with large breasts.

وقيل: هو الجبان، الضخم، القليل العقل

And it was said: he is the cowardly one, the large, the unintelligent.

والمنتفخ الجوف الذي لا فؤاد له

And the one with a bloated stomach who has no spirit.

يقال للرجل العظيم الطويل الجسم هرطال، وهردبة، وهقور، وقنور

It is said for the man who is great and tall in body: hartal, hardabah, haqwur, and qanwur.