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لود

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes stubbornness, inflexibility, and a lack of yielding to authority or truth. It can also refer to a strong or thick neck, and in a less common usage, to neglecting or not investigating a matter.

Derived headwords

الألودadjective
  1. 1.
    Stubborn, unyieldingclassical

    Describing someone who does not incline towards justice or submit to commands or truth.

  2. 2.
    Strong, powerfulclassical

    Referring to a strong person who does not submit to obedience.

لودverb
  1. 1.
    To be stubbornclassical

    To be stubborn, unyielding, and not inclined to justice or obedience.

  2. 2.
    To neglectclassical

    To not investigate or pay attention to a matter.

يلودverb
  1. 1.
    He is stubbornclassical

    Present tense verb indicating stubbornness and lack of yielding.

لوداnoun
  1. 1.
    Stubbornnessclassical

    The state or quality of being stubborn and unyielding.

ألوادnoun
  1. 1.
    Great lionsclassical

    A rare plural referring to large, fierce lions.

  2. 2.
    Stubborn peopleclassical

    Plural of 'alawad', referring to stubborn individuals.

  3. 3.
    Neglectful peopleclassical

    Plural of 'alawad', referring to those who do not investigate matters.

الألودadjective
  1. 1.
    Thick neckclassical

    Describing a thick or stout neck.

ألودadjective
  1. 1.
    Neglectfulclassical

    One who does not investigate or pay attention to a matter.

ألدadjective
  1. 1.
    Stubborn, obstinateclassical

    Describing someone who is stubborn and difficult to deal with.

Parallel reading

من لا يميل إلى عدل ولا ينقاد لأمر ولا إلى حق
One who does not incline to justice, nor submit to a command, nor to truth.
وقد لود، كفرح يلود لودا
And he was stubborn, like 'faraha', he is stubborn, with stubbornness.
هاذه كلمة نادرة
This is a rare word.
أسكت أجراس القروم الألواد الضيغميات العظام الألداد
Silence the bells of the great, fierce, and formidable lions.
الألود الشديد الذي لا يعطي طاعته
The 'alawad' is the strong one who does not give his obedience.
وقوم ألواد
And stubborn people.
أغلب غلابا ألد ألودا
A strong, strong one, stubborn, obstinate.
الألود العنق الغليظ
The 'alawad' is the thick neck.
يقال: عنق ألود
It is said: a thick neck.
لودا: لم يتفقد الأمر
He was neglectful: he did not investigate the matter.
فهو ألود
So he is neglectful.
والجمع ألواد، على غير قياس
And the plural is 'alwad', which is irregular.