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ودح

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of submission, acknowledgment, and improvement. It encompasses verbs describing yielding, confessing, and making something better, as well as nouns referring to insignificance or places.

Derived headwords

أودحverb
  1. 1.
    to confessclassical

    To confess or acknowledge something, particularly something false or wrong.

  2. 2.
    to submitclassical

    To submit, yield, and obey someone who is leading or controlling.

  3. 3.
    to yieldclassical

    To yield, submit, and be obedient.

أودحverb
  1. 1.
    to repairclassical

    To repair or fix a water trough or basin.

أودحتverb
  1. 1.
    to become fatclassical

    Said of camels when they become fat and their condition improves.

أودحverb
  1. 1.
    to hesitateclassical

    Said of a ram when it hesitates and does not mount for mating.

ودحةnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'of no use'.

وتحةnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'of no use'.

وذحةnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'of no use'.

وشمةnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'of no use'.

ر شمةnoun
  1. 1.
    nothingclassical

    Used in negation to mean 'nothing' or 'of no use'.

ودحانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, which has also been used to name a man.

Parallel reading

أودح الرجل أقر بالباطل
The man confessed to falsehood.
أودح الرجل أقر بالذل والانقياد لمن يقوده
The man submitted to humiliation and obedience to whoever led him.
وأكوى على قرنيه بعد خصائه بناري وقد يخصى العتود فيودح
And I cauterized his horns after castration with my fire, and a young goat may be castrated and submit.
أودح الرجل أذعن وخضع وانقاد
The man yielded, submitted, and obeyed.
أودح أصلح الحوض
He repaired the water trough.
أودحت الإبل سمنت وحسن حالها
The camels became fat and their condition improved.
ربما قالوا أودح الكبش إذا توقف ولم ينز
Perhaps they say the ram hesitated if it stopped and did not mount.
ما أغنى عني ودحة
It availed me nothing.
ما أغنى عني وتحة
It availed me nothing.
ما أغنى عني وذحة
It availed me nothing.
ما أغنى عني وشمة
It availed me nothing.
ما أغنى عني رشمة
It availed me nothing.
ودحان موضع وقد سموا به رجلا
Waddahan is a place, and they have named a man after it.