قردح

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of submission, humility, and yielding, often under duress or oppression. It also extends to physical descriptions of a swelling in the throat and a specific type of horse in a race.

Derived headwords

القِرْدَحnoun

1.
type of fabricclassical
A type of fine cloth or brocade.

القِرْدَحnoun

1.
large baboonclassical
A large baboon, possibly referring to a large ape.

قُرْدَحَverb

1.
to admitboth
To admit or acknowledge what is requested of him or what he requests.

القَرْدَحَةnoun

1.
submission to injusticeclassical
Submission to oppression or enduring humiliation.
2.
humiliationclassical
The state of being humiliated or debased.

قُرْدَحَverb

1.
to humble oneselfclassical
To humble oneself, to act small or insignificant.

مُقَرْدِحadjective

1.
self-humiliatingclassical
One who humbles himself or acts in a self-deprecating manner.

القُرْدُوحَةnoun

1.
swelling in throatclassical
A protruding lump, like a walnut, in the throat of an adolescent, signifying puberty.

القُرْدُوحَةnoun

1.
swelling in throatclassical
A protruding lump, like a walnut, in the throat of an adolescent, signifying puberty.

المُقَرْدِحadjective

1.
self-humiliatingclassical
One who humbles himself or acts in a self-deprecating manner.
2.
tenth horseclassical
The tenth horse in a race (khayl al-halbah), named after the concept of humility or yielding.

اقْرَنْدَحْ لِيverb

1.
to wrong meclassical
To act unjustly towards me or to provoke me.

المُقَرْنَدِحadjective

1.
ready for evilclassical
One who is prepared for evil or is inclined towards it.

Parallel reading

القردح بالضم: ضرب من البرود، ويفتح.

Al-qirdahu (with dammah): a type of brocade, and it is also said with fatha.

القرد الضخم كالقردوح

A large baboon like al-qardūḥ.

وقردح الرجل: أقر بما يطلب إليه أو يطلب منه.

And the man qardaha: he admitted what was requested of him or what he requested.

القردحة: الإقرار على الضيم، والصبر على الذل.

Al-qardaha: admission of oppression, and patience in humiliation.

وقد قردح، إذا تذلل وتصاغر، وهو مقردح.

And he qardaha, if he humbled himself and acted small, and he is muqardih.

يا بني، إذا أصابتكم خطة ضيم لا تطيقون وقعها فقردحوا لها فإن اضطرابكم منه أشد لرسوخكم فيه.

My son, if an oppressive situation befalls you that you cannot bear its impact, then qardahū for it, for your agitation from it is more severe than your steadfastness in it.

القردحة الذل.

Al-qardaha is humiliation.

والقردوحة والقردوحة، بضمهما: شيء ناتىء كالجوزة في حلق المراهق، وهو علامة بلوغه.

And al-qardūḥah and al-qardūḥah, with both of them having dammah: a protruding thing like a walnut in the throat of an adolescent, and it is a sign of his puberty.

والمقردح: المتصاغر؛

And al-muqardih: the one who humbles himself;

ومننه سمي الذي يجىء بعد السكيت، وهو العاشر من خيل الحلبة

And from it is named that which comes after al-Sikkit, and it is the tenth of the racehorses.

اقرندح لي: تجنى علي.

Iqrandah li: act unjustly towards me.

والمقرندح: المستعد للشر

And al-muqarnadiḥ: the one prepared for evil