خرد

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a young, untouched woman, often characterized by shyness, modesty, and silence. It extends to concepts of silence itself, particularly when stemming from shyness or humility, and metaphorically to an unpierced pearl.

Derived headwords

الخَرِيدَةnoun

1.
virginboth
A virgin woman who has never been intimate with a man.
2.
shy womanclassical
A bashful, modest woman who is long silent, lowers her voice, and is veiled. She has passed the age of marriageable youth without being married.
3.
unpierced pearlclassical
A pearl that has not been drilled or pierced.

خَرَدَتْverb

1.
to be shyclassical
She became shy, bashful, and silent.

تَخَرَّدَتْverb

1.
to be shy and modestclassical
She exhibited shyness, modesty, and prolonged silence.

إنها كما شئت من أكرومة وتخرد — She is, as you wish, noble and modest.

صوتٌ خَرِيدadjective

1.
shy voiceclassical
A voice that is gentle and carries a trace of shyness.

وأما صوتها فخريد — And as for her voice, it was shy.

خُرَّدname

1.
Sa'd ibn Zayd Manatclassical
A title or epithet for Sa'd ibn Zayd Manat.

الخُرْدnoun

1.
long silenceboth
Prolonged silence, especially when due to shyness or humility.

الإِخْرَادnoun

1.
long silenceclassical
The act of being silent for a long time, similar to 'al-khurd'.

المُخَرِّدnoun

1.
silent from humiliationclassical
One who is silent out of humiliation and subservience, not shyness.

أَخْرَدَverb

1.
to be silent from humiliationclassical
To remain silent due to a sense of humiliation or subservience.
2.
to be silent from shynessclassical
To be silent out of shyness or modesty.
3.
to incline to amusementclassical
To be drawn towards or inclined to amusement and entertainment.

الخَرْدname

1.
Malik ibn Sakhrclassical
A proper name, referring to Malik ibn Sakhr, a pre-Islamic figure.

الحِرْدname

1.
group nameclassical
A name given to a group of people.

خَرْبَنْدَهname

1.
King of Iraq and Persiaclassical
A Persian name meaning 'slave of the donkey', referring to a king of Iraq and Persia.

Parallel reading

من النساء: البكر التي لم تمسس قط

Among women: the virgin who has never been touched.

أو الخفرة الحيية الطويلة السكوت، الخافضة الصوت، المتسترة

Or the shy, modest one who is long silent, lowers her voice, and is veiled.

قد جاوزت الإعصار ولم تعنس

She has passed the age of marriageable youth without being married.

ج: خرائد وخرد

Plural: khara'id and khurud.

وخرد بضم فتشديد، الأخيرة نادرة، لأن فعيلة لا تجمع على فعل

And khurrud with a damma and shadda; the latter is rare because fa'ila does not pluralize into fa'al.

وقد خردت كفرح، خردا

And she became shy, like 'faraha', with a shyness (khardan).

وصوت خريد: لين عليه أثر الحياء

And a shy voice: gentle, with a trace of shyness upon it.

من البيض أما الدل منها فكامل مليح وأما صوتها فخريد

Among the fair ones, her coquetry is perfect and beautiful, but her voice is shy.

والخرد، بالتحريك: طول السكوت، كالإخراد

And al-khurd, with haraka: prolonged silence, like al-ikhrad.

والمخرد: الساكت من ذل لا حياء

And al-mukharrid: the one silent from humiliation, not shyness.

وأخرد: أطال السكوت

And akharda: he prolonged his silence.

الخارد: الساكت من حياء لا ذل

Al-khard: silent from shyness, not humiliation.

الخريـدة: اللؤلؤة لم تثقب

Al-kharida: the pearl that has not been pierced.

وكل عذراء: خريدة

And every virgin is a kharida.

وقد أخردت إخرادا

And she became silent (ikhraadan).

وأخرد: استحيا

And akharda: he was shy.

خرد، إذا ذل

Kharada, if he was humiliated.

وخرد إذا استحيا

And kharada, if he was shy.

وأخرد إلى اللهو: مال

And akharda to amusement: he inclined.

وأخرد: سكت من ذل لا حياء

And akharda: he was silent from humiliation, not shyness.

وأقرد: سكت ذلا

And aqrada: he was silent out of humiliation.