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كءد

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of difficulty, hardship, and arduousness. It describes things that are difficult to ascend, overcome, or endure, often due to age, weakness, or inherent challenge. It can also refer to the physical manifestation of such hardship, like trembling.

Derived headwords

كَابَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to endure hardshipboth

    To undergo or suffer through a difficult matter or experience.

  2. 2.
    to struggle withclassical

    To grapple with or contend with something arduous.

كابده، وصلي به — to endure it, to reach it.
تَكَأَّدَنِي الأَمْرُverb
  1. 1.
    the matter was difficult for meboth

    The affair or situation became arduous and challenging for me.

وتكأدني الأمر: شق علي — And the matter was difficult for me: it became hard for me.
تَكَاءَدَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    it was difficult for meboth

    It became arduous or difficult for me, implying a struggle or hardship.

ولا يتكاءدك عفو عن مذنب — and forgiveness for a sinner does not become difficult for you.
تَكَأَّدَverb
  1. 1.
    to go with difficultyclassical

    To proceed towards something with great effort and hardship.

تكأدت الذهاب إلى فلان تكؤدا، إذا ما ذهبت إليه على مشقة — I went with difficulty to so-and-so, meaning I went to him with hardship.
تَكَؤُّدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    going with hardshipclassical

    The act of proceeding with great difficulty or effort.

تكأدت الذهاب إلى فلان تكؤدا، إذا ما ذهبت إليه على مشقة — I went with difficulty to so-and-so, meaning I went to him with hardship.
كُؤُودadjective
  1. 1.
    arduousboth

    Difficult to ascend or overcome, steep, hard to climb.

عقبة كؤود — an arduous mountain pass.
كَأْدَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    difficult to ascendclassical

    Describing a path or ascent that is steep and hard to climb.

وعقبة كؤود وكأداء — and an arduous mountain pass, difficult to ascend.
كَأْدًاnoun
  1. 1.
    difficulty of ascentclassical

    The state or quality of being difficult to climb or ascend.

ولم تكأد رجلتي كأداؤه هول — and my legs could not manage its arduousness, nor the darkness of the night.
الكُؤْدَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    the difficult ascentclassical

    A steep or arduous climb or ascent.

ويقال: هي الكؤداء، وهي الصعداء — And it is said: it is the difficult ascent, and it is the steep climb.
اكْأَوَدَّ الشَّيْخُverb
  1. 1.
    the old man trembledclassical

    The elderly man began to tremble or shake due to old age and weakness.

واكوأد الشيخ: أرعد كبرا وضعفا — And the old man trembled: he shook from old age and weakness.
المُكَوِّئِدnoun
  1. 1.
    trembling old manclassical

    An elderly person who is shaking or trembling due to advanced age and frailty.

والمكوئد: الشيخ المرتعش من الكبر — And the trembling old man: the elder who shakes from old age.

Parallel reading

وتكأدني الأمر: شق علي
And the matter was difficult for me: it became hard for me.
ولا يتكاءدك عفو عن مذنب
and forgiveness for a sinner does not become difficult for you.
ما تكأدني شيء ماتكأدني خطبة النكاح
Nothing was difficult for me that the marriage sermon was difficult for me.
تكأدت الذهاب إلى فلان تكؤدا، إذا ما ذهبت إليه على مشقة
I went with difficulty to so-and-so, meaning I went to him with hardship.
ويوم عماس تكأدته طويل النهار قصير الغد
And a day of battle, I endured it, long the day, short the morrow.
وعقبة كؤود وكأداء شاقة المصعد صعبة المرتقى
And an arduous mountain pass, difficult to ascend, hard to climb.
ولم تكأد رجلتي كأداؤه هول ولا ليل دجت أدجاؤه
And my legs could not manage its arduousness, nor the darkness of the night.
أن بين أيدينا عقبة كؤودا لا يجوزها إلا الرجل المخف
that before us is an arduous mountain pass which only a lightly burdened person can cross.
ويقال: هي الكؤداء، وهي الصعداء،
And it is said: it is the difficult ascent, and it is the steep climb,
والكؤود: المرتقى الصعب، وهو الصعود.
And the arduous pass: the difficult ascent, which is the climb.
واكوأد الشيخ: أرعد كبرا وضعفا، كاكوهد، واكمهد.
And the old man trembled: he shook from old age and weakness, like 'akwahada' and 'akmahhada'.
والمكوئد: الشيخ المرتعش من الكبر، وكذالك الفرخ، وسيأتي.
And the trembling old man: the elder who shakes from old age, and likewise the chick, and it will be mentioned later.