← Back to Taj al-Arus

د ود

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns affection, love, and friendship. It extends to concepts of fondness, intimacy, and the bonds between people or things. Derived forms can also denote specific objects or actions related to these feelings.

Derived headwords

وَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    to loveboth

    To feel deep affection or fondness for someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to wishboth

    To desire or hope for something to happen.

وُدّnoun
  1. 1.
    loveboth

    A strong feeling of affection and fondness.

  2. 2.
    friendshipboth

    A relationship of mutual affection between people.

  3. 3.
    affectionboth

    A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.

وَدُودadjective
  1. 1.
    lovingboth

    Characterized by or feeling love or affection.

  2. 2.
    affectionateboth

    Having or displaying a tender or loving feeling.

وِدَادnoun
  1. 1.
    loveboth

    A strong feeling of affection and fondness, often implying mutual regard.

  2. 2.
    friendshipboth

    A state of mutual affection and trust.

أَوْدَدْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I lovedboth

    Past tense of 'to love', indicating a feeling of affection experienced by the speaker.

تَوَدَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to seek favorboth

    To try to gain someone's affection or favor, often through flattery or kind actions.

  2. 2.
    to make oneself lovedclassical

    To act in a way that causes others to feel affection towards oneself.

تَوَدُّدnoun
  1. 1.
    seeking favorboth

    The act of trying to gain affection or favor from someone.

  2. 2.
    endeavoring to be lovedclassical

    The effort made to endear oneself to others.

دَعْدname
  1. 1.
    Da'dboth

    A proper name, likely of a woman, used in the context of the poem.

أَعْدَدْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I preparedboth

    Past tense of 'to prepare', indicating the speaker's action of making something ready.

عَدَدْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I countedboth

    Past tense of 'to count', indicating the speaker's action of enumerating items.

عِدَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    numberboth

    A quantity or amount, often unspecified.

  2. 2.
    preparationboth

    The action or process of making ready or being made ready for use or consideration.

مُعَدّadjective
  1. 1.
    preparedboth

    Made ready or available for a particular purpose.

Parallel reading

يا دار أقوت بجانب اللبب بين تلاع العقيق فالكثب
O dwelling, desolate beside the hillock, between the ravines of agate and the mounds.
حيث استقرت نواهم فسقوا صوب غمام مجلجل لجب
Where their tents settled, so they were watered by the downpour of a rumbling, loud cloud.
لم تتلفع بفضل مئزرها دعد
Da'd did not wrap herself with the lower part of her garment.
ولم تغد دعد بالعلب
And Da'd did not go out in the morning with the 'alabah (a container for milk).
أي ليست دعد هاذه ممن تشتمل بثوبها، وتشرب اللبن بالعلبة، كنساء الأعراب الشقيات، ولكنها ممن نشأ في نعمة، وكسي أحسن كسوة.
Meaning, this Da'd is not one of those who wrap themselves in their garments and drink milk from a container, like the unfortunate women of the Bedouins, but rather she is one who grew up in prosperity and was clothed in the finest attire.