قدد
Root entry · 19 derived lemmasThis root primarily deals with concepts of cutting, dividing, and separating. It extends to meanings of drying out, becoming brittle, and also to the idea of being sufficient or adequate. Additionally, it encompasses the particle 'qad' which signifies expectation, approximation, or confirmation, depending on its usage with past or present verbs.
Derived headwords
- 1.Long-backed she-camelclassical
A she-camel characterized by a long back.
- 1.Long-backed she-camelsclassical
Plural of 'al-qaydūd', referring to she-camels with long backs.
- 1.to dry outmodern
Something becomes dry and brittle.
- 2.to dispersemodern
A group of people becomes scattered.
- 3.to tear apartmodern
A garment becomes torn and worn out.
- 4.to become emaciatedclassical
A she-camel becomes somewhat thin.
- 5.to gain weightclassical
A she-camel that was thin begins to gain weight.
- 1.somewhat thinclassical
Describes a she-camel that is between fatness and emaciation, having lost weight from being fat or started gaining weight from being thin.
- 1.to devisemodern
To figure out or manage affairs.
- 2.to distinguishmodern
To discern and differentiate matters.
- 1.to proceedmodern
To continue or move forward.
- 2.to become straightmodern
Camels become aligned and proceed in a single direction.
- 1.sufficientmodern
Used as a verb-like noun meaning 'enough' or 'sufficient'.
- 2.enoughmodern
Used as a noun equivalent to 'hasb' (enough).
- 3.indeedmodern
Used with past tense verbs to indicate certainty or confirmation.
- 4.perhapsmodern
Used with future tense verbs to indicate expectation or possibility.
- 5.approximatesclassical
Used with past tense verbs to bring the action close to the present.
- 6.negatesclassical
Rarely used to negate a statement, similar to 'ma'.
- 7.reducesclassical
Used to indicate a small amount or infrequency of an action.
- 8.multipliesclassical
Used to indicate a large amount or frequency of an action.
- 1.it suffices youclassical
A construction where 'qad' functions as a verb-substitute meaning 'suffices', followed by its object.
- 1.Qadclassical
A proper name derived from the root.
- 1.Qaddadclassical
A proper name, possibly derived from the root.
- 1.Qadidclassical
A proper name.
- 1.Qadidahclassical
A proper name.
- 1.bowstringclassical
The string of a bow.
- 2.drawing a bowclassical
The act of drawing or pulling a bow.
- 1.shoeclassical
A shoe that has not been stripped of its hair.
- 1.vulvaclassical
The vulva.
- 1.onlyclassical
Used similarly to 'faqaṭ' (only).
- 1.cut itemclassical
An item that has been cut.
- 1.Qadclassical
A name used for the particle 'qad' when treated as a noun.
- 1.dried meatmodern
Dried meat.