كتد

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the upper back and shoulder area of animals and humans, often referring to the hump or the region between the shoulders and the back. It also extends to geographical locations and abstract concepts like groups or speed.

Derived headwords

الكَتَدُnoun

1.
Lion's humpclassical
The hump or prominent part on the back of a lion.
2.
Shoulder regionboth
The area of the shoulders, particularly the upper part where they meet the neck and back.
3.
Upper backboth
The region of the back between the shoulders.

الكَتِدُnoun

1.
Mountain near Meccaclassical
A mountain located near Mecca, specifically by al-Maghmas.

الكَتِدُnoun

1.
Shoulder bladesboth
The collective area of the shoulder blades in humans and horses.

الكَتِدُnoun

1.
Upper shoulderboth
The highest part of the shoulder.

الكَتِدُnoun

1.
Area between shoulder and backboth
The region extending from the hump (kahil) to the back.

الكَتِدُnoun

1.
Shoulder to lower backboth
The entire area from the base of the neck down to the lower part of the shoulders.

الكَتِدُnoun

1.
Shoulder region (comprehensive)both
A broad term encompassing the shoulder blades, the hump, and the upper back.

الكَتِدُnoun

1.
Area between hump and mid-shoulderboth
The specific region situated between the hump and the midpoint of the shoulder.

أَكْتَادٌnoun

1.
Shoulders (plural)both
The plural form of 'katid', referring to shoulders.

كنا يوم الخندق ننقل التراب على أكتادنا — We were carrying the dirt on our shoulders on the day of the Trench.

مشرف الكتد — Prominent of shoulder/back

جليل المشاش والكتد — Majestic in the shoulder blades and the back

نحمله على الأكباد، فضلا عن الأكتاد — We carry it on our livers, let alone our shoulders.

ولوهم أكتافهم وأكتادهم — They turned their shoulders and their backs to them (i.e., they turned away and fled).

كَتُودٌnoun

1.
Shoulders (plural)both
Another plural form for 'katid', referring to shoulders.

الأَكْتُnoun

1.
Prominent shoulder/backclassical
The prominent part of the shoulder or back.

تَكَتَّدَverb

1.
To be locatedclassical
To be situated or located in a place (used for a place name).

وتكتد: كتنصر: ع — And Taktad: like Tansar: a village.

أَكْتَادٌnoun

1.
Groupsclassical
Large, numerous groups of people or things.
2.
Similar thingsclassical
Things that resemble each other.
3.
Successive onesclassical
Things following one another in succession.
4.
Scattered groupsclassical
Groups that are dispersed or spread out.

وإذ هن أكتاد بحوضى كأنما زها الآل عيدان النخيل البواسق — And behold, they were groups in Hawdha, as if the mirage made the tall palm trees seem.

مررت بجماعة أكتاد — I passed by a group of successive ones.

خرجوا علينا أكتادا وأكدادا — They came out against us scattered and in succession.

كَتَنْصُرُname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly related to the verb 'taktad'.

قَتَنْدَةname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name in Andalusia, possibly a variant of 'katandah'.

كَتَنْدَةname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name in Andalusia, a variant of 'qatandah'.

Parallel reading

إذا رأيت أنجما من الأسد جبهته أو الخراة والكتد بال سهيل في الفضيخ ففسد وطاب ألبان اللقاح فبرد

If you see stars on the lion's forehead or muzzle and the hump near Suhail in the sky, then the milk of pregnant camels will spoil and become cold.

وهو كاهل الأسد

It is the hump of the lion.

وهو جبل بمكة، حرسها الله تعالى بطرف المغمس

And it is a mountain in Mecca, may God protect it, by the edge of al-Maghmas.

وهو مجتمع الكتفين من الإنسان والفرس، كالكتد ككتف

And it is the gathering of the shoulders of a human and a horse, like the katid, similar to the katif (shoulder blade).

وقيل: هو أعلى الكتف

And it was said: it is the highest part of the shoulder.

أو هما الكاهل

Or they are the kahil (hump).

أو هما ما بين الكاهل إلى الظهر

Or they are what is between the kahil and the back.

وقيل: الكتد من أصل العنق إلى أسفل الكتفين

And it was said: the katid is from the base of the neck to below the shoulders.

وهو يجمع الكاثبة والثبج والكاهل، كل هاذا كتد

And it combines the kathibah (shoulder blade), the thabj (backbone), and the kahil (hump); all of this is katid.

وقيل: الكتد: ما بين الثبج إلى منصف الكاهل

And it was said: the katid is what is between the thabj and the midpoint of the kahil.

ومن سجعات الأساس: نحمله على الأكباد، فضلا عن الأكتاد.

And from the rhymes of al-Asas: We carry it on our livers, let alone our shoulders.

وفي حديث حذيفة في صفة الدجال (مشرف الكتد)

And in Hudhayfah's hadith describing the Dajjal (the Prominent of the shoulder/back).

وفي صفته صلى الله عليه وسلم (جليل المشاش والكتد)

And in his description, peace be upon him (Majestic in the shoulder blades and the back).

وولوهم أكتافهم وأكتادهم: أدبروا عنهم وانهزموا.

And they turned their shoulders and their backs to them: they turned away from them and fled.

والأكت: المشرفه أي الكتد.

And al-Akt: the prominent part, meaning the katid.

وتكتد: كتنصر: ع

And Taktad: like Tansar: a village.

ويقال تقتد، بالقاف، وتقدم.

And it is said Taqtad, with a Qaf, and it has preceded.

وهم أكتاد، أي جماعات

And they are aktad, meaning groups.

أو أكتاد في قول ذي الرمة: أشباه

Or aktad in the saying of Dhu al-Rummah: resemblances.

أو سراع بعضها في إثر بعض

Or fast ones, some following in the wake of others.

خرجوا علينا أكتادا وأكدادا، أي فرقا وأرسالا

They came out against us aktadan and akdadan, meaning scattered and in succession.

كتندة لغة في قتندة، بالأندلس.

Katindah is a dialectal variant of Qatindah, in Andalusia.