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ندح

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root 'ndḥ' primarily relates to concepts of spaciousness, abundance, and expansion. It extends to meanings of breadth, capacity, and sometimes implies a sense of ease or sufficiency. It can also denote heaviness or a distant object, and in specific contexts, dispersal or spreading.

Derived headwords

النَّدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceboth

    Abundance, plentifulness, or a large quantity of something.

  2. 2.
    spaciousnessboth

    Spaciousness, breadth, or ample room.

النَّدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    spacious landboth

    What is spacious of the land, like a wide area.

النَّدْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spaciousnessboth

    Spaciousness or ample room, particularly in relation to a matter or situation.

إنك لفي ندحة من الأمر — You are in a spaciousness regarding the matter.
المَنْدُوحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sufficiencyboth

    Sufficiency, ample room, or a way out that makes something unnecessary.

  2. 2.
    spaciousnessboth

    Spaciousness or breadth, especially in a figurative sense.

لي عن هاذا الأمر مندوحة — I have sufficiency/spaciousness from this matter.
إن في المعاريض لمندوحة عن الكذب — Indeed, in indirect speech there is sufficiency from lying.
المُنْتَدَحnoun
  1. 1.
    spaciousnessboth

    Spaciousness or ample room, similar to 'mandūḥah'.

لي عنه مندوحة ومنتدح — I have sufficiency and spaciousness from it.
النَّدْحnoun
  1. 1.
    heavinessclassical

    Heaviness or a burden.

  2. 2.
    distant objectclassical

    Something seen from a distance.

نَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to widenboth

    To widen or make spacious.

لا تندحيه — Do not widen it (your Quranic veil).
تَنْدِيحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    wideningboth

    The act of widening or making spacious.

بنو منادحname
  1. 1.
    Banu Manāḍiḥboth

    A small clan or branch of the prominent tribe of Juḥaynah.

تَنَدَّحَتverb
  1. 1.
    to disperseboth

    To disperse, spread out, or become scattered, often from a place of origin.

  2. 2.
    to expand from fullnessboth

    To expand or spread out due to fullness or overeating.

تندحت الغنم من مرابضها — The sheep dispersed from their resting places.
نادحname
  1. 1.
    Nādiḥboth

    A name given to individuals.

مَنادِحname
  1. 1.
    Manādiḥboth

    A name given to individuals or places.

اندَحَّverb
  1. 1.
    to widen from fullnessboth

    To widen or expand due to fullness or overeating.

اندِحَاحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    widening from fullnessboth

    The state of widening or expanding due to fullness.

اندَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to swellboth

    To swell or become distended, whether from fatness or illness.

اندَاحَ بطنه — His belly swelled.
اندِيَاحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    swellingboth

    The state of being swollen or distended.

أَنْدَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    plainsboth

    Plural of 'nadiḥ' or 'nadiḥah', referring to spacious areas or plains.

مَنَادِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    spacious areasboth

    Plural of 'mandūḥah', referring to spacious areas or ample room.

أرض مندوحةphrase
  1. 1.
    spacious landboth

    Land that is spacious and extensive.

واد نادحphrase
  1. 1.
    wide valleyboth

    A valley that is wide and spacious.

المَنَادِحnoun
  1. 1.
    desertsclassical

    Vast, open, and desolate lands; deserts or wastelands.

نَدَحَتverb
  1. 1.
    to excavate and widenclassical

    A female ostrich excavates and widens a hollow for its eggs.

نَادَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to outnumberclassical

    To have more than, to outnumber, or to increase in quantity.

فَنَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to become wealthy and expansiveclassical

    To become wealthy, such that one's livelihood expands and one spends lavishly.

أترب فندح — He became wealthy and his livelihood expanded.

Parallel reading

صيد تسامى ورما رقابها بندح وهم قطم قبقابها
Prey that is lofty and whose necks are abundant, and they are of the stout and broad-footed.
إنك لفي ندحة من الأمر
You are in a spaciousness regarding the matter.
لي عن هاذا الأمر مندوحة
I have sufficiency/spaciousness from this matter.
لي عنه مندوحة ومنتدح
I have sufficiency and spaciousness from it.
إن في المعاريض لمندوحة عن الكذب
Indeed, in indirect speech there is sufficiency from lying.
قد جمع القرآن ذيلك فلا تندحيه
The Quran has gathered your veil, so do not widen it.
أي لا توسعيه ولا تفرقيه بخروجك إلى البصرة
Meaning, do not widen it nor scatter it by your going out to Basra.
له عن هاذا مندوحة ومنتدح
He has sufficiency and spaciousness from this.
وهو النذح أيضا، من انتدحت الغنم في مرابضها
And it is also 'nadh', from 'the sheep dispersed from their resting places'.
تندحت الغنم من مرابضها: تبددت وانتشرت
The sheep dispersed from their resting places: they scattered and spread out.
اندح بطنه اندحاحا: اتسع من البطنة
His belly widened a widening: it expanded from fullness.
وانداح بطنه اندياحا، إذا انتفخ وتدلى
And his belly swelled a swelling, if it became distended and hung down.
واد نادح
A wide valley.
أترب فندح
He became wealthy and his livelihood expanded.