زهد

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of renunciation, detachment, and abstention, particularly from worldly desires and religious obligations. It extends to meanings of scarcity, smallness, and disdain, often in a metaphorical sense.

Derived headwords

زَهَدَverb

1.
to renounceboth
To abstain from or give up something, especially worldly possessions or desires.
2.
to be indifferent toboth
To show disinterest or lack of concern towards something.
3.
to estimate as littleclassical
To consider something as insignificant or of little value.

زهد فيه وعنه — He renounced it and turned away from it

زهد، مثل كرم — He was indifferent, like karuma (to be generous)

يزهد، فيهما — He renounces, he is indifferent to them

زُهْدnoun

1.
asceticismboth
The practice of extreme self-denial and abstinence, especially for religious reasons.
2.
renunciationboth
The act of giving up or relinquishing something.
3.
indifferenceboth
A state of not caring or being concerned.

زهدا بالضم، هو المشهور — Zuhdan (with damma), which is the famous pronunciation

زهدا، الفتح عن سيبويه — Zuhdan (with fatha), according to Sibawayh

زَهَدَةnoun

1.
asceticismclassical
The practice of extreme self-denial and abstinence, especially for religious reasons.
2.
renunciationclassical
The act of giving up or relinquishing something.

زَهَادَةnoun

1.
asceticismboth
The practice of extreme self-denial and abstinence, especially for religious reasons.
2.
renunciationboth
The act of giving up or relinquishing something.

زهادة كسحابة — Zahada, like sahaba (cloud)

زَاهِدadjective

1.
asceticboth
One who practices asceticism; abstinent from worldly pleasures.
2.
indifferentboth
Showing a lack of interest or concern.
3.
scantyclassical
Small in quantity or amount.
4.
meanclassical
Lacking generosity or kindness.

فهو زاهد — So he is an ascetic

من قوم زهاد — From a people of ascetics

رجل زهيد وزاهد: لئيم مزهود فيما عنده — A mean ascetic, and one who is scorned for what he has

زُهَّادnoun

1.
asceticsboth
Plural of ascetic; people who practice extreme self-denial.

من قوم زهاد — From a people of ascetics

زَهَدَverb

1.
to renounceclassical
To abstain from or give up something, especially worldly possessions or desires.
2.
to be indifferent toclassical
To show disinterest or lack of concern towards something.

زهد، مثل كرم — He renounced, like karuma (to be generous)

زَهَّدَverb

1.
to make little ofclassical
To cause someone to consider something as insignificant or of little value.
2.
to make stingyclassical
To make someone parsimonious or unwilling to spend.

يزهده زهدا — He makes him renounce it, he makes him consider it little

أزهد الرجل إزهادا، إذا كان مزهدا، لا يرغب في ماله لقلته — The man became 'azhada' (made little of), if he was 'mazhuda' (considered little), not desiring his wealth due to its scarcity.

أَزْهَدَverb

1.
to make little ofclassical
To cause someone to consider something as insignificant or of little value.
2.
to make stingyclassical
To make someone parsimonious or unwilling to spend.

أزهده إزهادا — He made him consider it little, he made him renounce it

تَزْهيدnoun

1.
making little ofclassical
The act of causing something to be considered insignificant or of little value.
2.
stinginessclassical
The quality of being unwilling to spend money; parsimony.

التزهيد، فيه وعنه، ضد التغريب — Tazhid (making little of), in and from it, is the opposite of taghrīb (making foreign/strange)

التزهيد: التبخيل — Tazhid: making stingy

تَزَاهَدَverb

1.
to disdainclassical
To regard or treat with contempt or scorn.
2.
to consider insignificantclassical
To view something as unimportant or trivial.

تزاهدوا الحد — They disdained the punishment

زَهيدadjective

1.
scantyboth
Small in quantity or amount.
2.
littleboth
Small in amount or degree.
3.
meanboth
Lacking generosity or kindness.
4.
narrow-mindedboth
Having a limited outlook or understanding.
5.
small eaterboth
One who eats very little.

عطاء زهيد: قليل — A scanty gift: little

رجل زهيد: قليل الخير، وهو مجاز — A mean man: of little good, which is metaphorical

والزهيد: الضيق الخلق — And al-zahīd: narrow-minded

والزهيد: القليل الأكل — And al-zahīd: one who eats little

مُزْهِدadjective

1.
poorclassical
Having little money or possessions.
2.
scantyclassical
Small in quantity or amount.

المزهد كمحسن: القليل المال — Al-muzhid (like muhsin): one with little money

زَهَّادnoun

1.
small gulliesclassical
The small, narrow channels or ravines in a wadi.

زهاد التلاع، بالفتح: صغارها — Zuhād of the gullies, with fatha: their small ones

ازْدَهَدَverb

1.
to consider littleclassical
To regard something as insignificant or of little value.

وازدهده، أي العطاء: استقله، أي عده قليلا — And to consider it little, i.e., the gift: to deem it insufficient, i.e., to count it as little

زَاهِد بْن عَبْد اللهname

1.
Zahid bin Abdullahclassical
A narrator of hadith.

أَبُو الزَّاهِد الْمَوْصِلِيّname

1.
Abu al-Zahid al-Mawsiliclassical
A narrator of hadith.

الزَّاهِدname

1.
Al-Zahidclassical
A title or epithet for a renowned hadith scholar.

Parallel reading

وهو أعلى، خلافا لا قاله شيخنا

And it is the highest, contrary to what our Sheikh said.

وأنكرها الجماهير.

And the masses rejected it.

وهو المشهور، وزهدا، الفتح عن سيبويه

And it is the famous one, and Zuhdan, with the fatha according to Sibawayh.

فهو زاهد، من قوم زهاد

So he is an ascetic, from a people of ascetics.

ولا يقال الزهد إلا في الدين خاصة

And 'al-zuhd' is only said specifically in relation to religion.

ضد رغب

The opposite of 'raghiba' (to desire).

زهد فيه، وعنه، بمعنى ترك وأعرض عنه.

He renounced it and turned away from it, meaning he left it and ignored it.

وكانوا فيه من الزهدين

And they were among the renouncers of it.

اشتروه على زهد فيه.

They bought it while being indifferent to it.

هو ألا يغلب الحلال شكره ولا الحرام صبره

It is that lawful gain does not overcome his gratitude, nor unlawful gain his patience.

أخذ أقل الكفاية مما تيقن حله، وترك الزائد على ذالك لله تعالى.

Taking the minimum sufficiency of what is certainly lawful, and leaving the excess for the sake of Allah the Almighty.

يزهده زهدا: حزره، وخرصه، كأزهده إزهادا.

He estimates it as little, he guesses it, like he made him estimate it as little.

مالك تمنع الزهد، محركة: الزكاة

You prevent 'al-zuhd', with haraka: meaning 'al-zakat' (charity).

عطاء زهيد: قليل

A scanty gift: little.

ورجل زهيد: قليل الخير، وهو مجاز.

And a mean man: of little good, which is metaphorical.

والزهيد: الضيق الخلق من الرجال

And 'al-zahīd': the narrow-minded man.

والأنثى زهيدة، قاله اللحياني، كالزاهد

And the female is 'zahīda', said by Al-Lihyani, like 'al-zāhid'.

وفلان زاهد زهيد، بين الزهادة والزهد.

And so-and-so is an ascetic and mean, between 'al-zahāda' and 'al-zuhd'.

والزهيد: القليل الأكل.

And 'al-zahīd': one who eats little.

ورجل زهيد الأكل.

And a man of little eating.

والزهيد: الوادي الضيق القليل الأخذ للماء

And 'al-zahīd': the narrow valley that takes little water.

وازدهده، أي العطاء: استقله، أي عده قليلا

And he considered it little, i.e., the gift: he deemed it insufficient, i.e., he counted it as little.

وزهد النخل، كمنعه

And the palm trees became scarce, like 'man'a' (to be prevented).

والتزهيد، فيه وعنه، ضد التغريب

And 'al-tazhīd' (making little of), in and from it, is the opposite of 'al-taghrīb' (making foreign/strange).

وزهدوا الحد أي احتقروه ورأوه زهيدا.

And they disdained the punishment, meaning they scorned it and saw it as insignificant.

وهو مؤمن مزهد، لأن ما عنده من قلته يزهد فيه

And he is a believer with little wealth, because what he has, due to its scarcity, makes him indifferent to it.

لا يتركونها لإزهادها، أي قلة مالها.

They do not leave her because of her scarcity, meaning the scarcity of her wealth.

ورجل زهيد وزاهد: لئيم مزهود فيما عنده.

And a mean man and an ascetic: contemptible for what he possesses.

خذ زهد ما يكفيك، أي قدر ما يكفيك، وهو مجاز.

Take the sufficiency of what suffices you, meaning the amount that suffices you, and this is metaphorical.

رجل زهيد العين، إذا كان يقنعه القليل

A man with a 'zahīda' eye, if little suffices him.

وزُهاد التلاع، بالفتح: صغارها

And 'zuhād' of the gullies, with fatha: their small ones.

أي الشعاب الصغار من الوادي.

Meaning the small ravines of the valley.