وءد

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of burying alive, particularly female infants, a practice common in pre-Islamic Arabia. It extends to related concepts like the sound of heavy footsteps, the sound of a camel's gait, and metaphorically, the sound of the earth. It also encompasses the idea of deliberation, slowness, and gravity in movement or action.

Derived headwords

وأدَverb

1.
to bury aliveclassical
To bury a child, especially a daughter, while still alive, a practice common in the pre-Islamic era.

الموءودةnoun

1.
the one buried aliveclassical
A female infant who was buried alive, especially by her parents in pre-Islamic times.

وإذا الموءودة سئلت — And when the female infant buried alive is asked

وأدnoun

1.
burying aliveclassical
The act of burying a child alive, particularly a daughter, as a practice.
2.
soundclassical
A general sound, or a loud, intense sound, such as that of a falling wall.
3.
heavy footstepsclassical
The sound of heavy or forceful treading on the ground, audible from a distance.
4.
camel's gaitclassical
The sound of a camel's movement or its footsteps.

وأد البنات — burying daughters alive

ذلك الوأد الخفي — that hidden burying alive

سمعت وأد الأرض خلفي — I heard the sound of the earth behind me

وئيدnoun

1.
soundclassical
A sound, especially a loud or intense one.
2.
heavy footstepsclassical
The sound of heavy treading on the ground, like a rumbling noise from afar.
3.
camel's gaitclassical
The sound of a camel's movement or its footsteps.

وئيد الأرض — the sound of the earth

وأد الذعلب الوجناء — the sound of the swift camel's tread

وئيدةnoun

1.
the one buried aliveclassical
A female infant who was buried alive.

وما لقي المؤود من ظلم أمه — And the one buried alive did not suffer from his mother's injustice

موؤدةnoun

1.
the one buried aliveclassical
A female infant who was buried alive.

تلك الموؤدة الصغرى — that little one buried alive

الوائدnoun

1.
the one who buries aliveclassical
A person, typically a father, who buries their child alive.

الوائداتnoun

1.
women who bury aliveclassical
Women who participate in or are responsible for burying female infants alive.

منع الوائدات — prevented the women who buried alive

الوأد الخفيother

1.
hidden burial aliveclassical
A metaphorical reference to the act of burying alive, implying a hidden or less obvious form of it.

ذلك الوأد الخفي — that hidden burying alive

التؤدةnoun

1.
deliberationboth
Slowness, carefulness, and deliberation in action or speech.
2.
gravityboth
A sense of seriousness and measured conduct.

فتى كان ذا حلم رزين وتؤدة — A young man who possessed forbearance and deliberation

التوآدnoun

1.
deliberationclassical
Slowness, carefulness, and deliberation in action or speech.

اتأدَverb

1.
to be deliberateboth
To act with deliberation, slowness, and carefulness.
2.
to proceed slowlyboth
To move or act in a slow and measured manner.

اتأد يا فتى — Be deliberate, young man

تؤدةnoun

1.
deliberationboth
Slowness, carefulness, and deliberation in action or speech.

تؤدة — deliberation

تؤدةnoun

1.
deliberationboth
Slowness, carefulness, and deliberation in action or speech.

تؤدة — deliberation

تودةnoun

1.
deliberationclassical
Slowness, carefulness, and deliberation in action or speech.

توأدَverb

1.
to be deliberateboth
To act with deliberation, slowness, and carefulness.
2.
to proceed slowlyboth
To move or act in a slow and measured manner.

توأد — be deliberate

الموائدnoun

1.
calamitiesclassical
Difficulties, hardships, or grave dangers.

توأدَتْ عليه الأرضverb

1.
the earth covered himclassical
The earth concealed or took him away, implying he was buried or disappeared.

توأدت عليه الأرض — the earth covered him

وئيدadjective

1.
deliberateclassical
Characterized by slowness and carefulness in movement.

مشيًا وئيدًا — walking deliberately

Parallel reading

وأد بنته

he buried his daughter alive

دفنها وهي حية

burying her while she was alive

وإذا الموءودة سئلت

And when the female infant buried alive is asked

كان الرجل في الجاهلية إذا ولدت له بنت دفنها حين تضعها والدتها حية مخافة العار والحاجة

In the Jahiliyyah, when a man had a daughter born to him, he would bury her alive as soon as her mother gave birth, fearing shame and need.

وأنزل الله تعالى: {9. 023 71؟ 31: 1. . 8}

And Allah the Almighty revealed: {And when the female infant buried alive is asked}

الوئيد في الجنة

the one buried alive is in Paradise

كان يئد البنين في المجاعة

they used to bury sons alive during famine

منع الوائدات وأحيا الوئيد فلم يوأد

prevented the women who buried alive and revived the buried child so he was not buried alive

أنه نهى عن وأد البنات

that he forbade the burying of daughters alive

ذلك الوأد الخفي

that is the hidden burying alive

تلك الموؤدة الصغرى

that is the little one buried alive

والوأد! والوئيد: الصوت

And Al-Wa'd! And Al-Waeed: The sound

أو العالي الشديد

Or the loud and intense

لأخفافها فوق المتانئيد

of their hooves upon the firm ground

سمعت وئيد الأرض خلفي

I heard the sound of the earth behind me

الوئيد: شدة الوطء على الأرض يسمع كالدوي من بعد

Al-Waeed: The intensity of treading on the ground, heard like a rumbling from afar.

الوأن هدير البعير

Al-Wa'd: The bellowing of a camel

سمعت وأد قوائم الإبل ووئيدها

I heard the sound of the camels' legs and their gait

وأد الذعلب الوجناء

the sound of the swift camel's tread

التؤدة، أي بضم التاء تثقل وتخفف، أي بفتح الهمزة وسكونها وبغير همز، تقول تؤدة وتؤدة وتودة

At-Tu'dah, meaning with a damma on the ta', it is heavy and lightened, meaning with a fatha on the hamza and sukun, and without hamza, you say tu'dah, tu'dah, and tu'dah.

وهو فعلة من الوئيد

and it is a 'fa'lah' from Al-Waeed

ومعنى الكل: الرزانة والتأني والتمهل

And the meaning of all of them is: gravity, deliberation, and slowness.

فتى كان ذا حلم رزين وتؤدة إذا ما الحبا من طائف الجهل حلت

A young man who possessed forbearance and deliberation when the impulses of ignorance arose.

وقد اتأد وتوأد، والتوآد منه

And he acted with deliberation and slowness, and At-Tu'wad is derived from it.

وأما التؤدة بمعنى التأني في الأمر فأصلها وأدة، مثل التكأة أصلها وكأة فقلبت الواو تاء

As for At-Tu'dah meaning deliberation in a matter, its origin is Wa'dah, like At-Tak'ah, its origin is Wak'ah, so the waw was changed to ta'.

ومن هذا يقال اتئد يا فتى، وقد اتأد يتئد اتئادا، إذا تأنى في الأمر

From this it is said, 'Be deliberate, young man,' and he acted with deliberation, deliberating with deliberation, meaning he was slow in the matter.

والتأود منه

And At-Ta'awwud is from it

ويقال: تأودت المرأة في قيامها إذا تثنت لتثاقلها

And it is said: The woman swayed in her standing when she bent due to her heaviness.

ثم قالوا توأد واتأد إذا ترزصن وتمهل

Then they said Tu'wadda and Itta'ada when they acted with gravity and slowness.

ومن المقلوب الموائد، وأصلها المآود بمعنى الدواهي

And from the inverted forms is Al-Mawa'id, and its origin is Al-Ma'awid, meaning calamities.

توأدت عليه الأرض على القلب تودأت إذا غيبته وذهبت به

The earth covered him, with inversion, meaning it concealed him and took him away.

هو أضل من موؤدة

He is more astray than one buried alive.

تيدك بمعنى اتئد

Taydak meaning 'be deliberate'.

واتئد في أمرك: تثبت

And be deliberate in your affair: be firm.

ومشى مشيا وئيدا، أي على تؤدة

And he walked a deliberate walk, meaning with deliberation.

ما للجمال مشيها وئيدا أجندلا يحملن أم حديدا

What is it with the camels, their walking is deliberate, are they carrying rocks or iron?