وحد

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of oneness, singularity, and uniqueness. It extends to ideas of being alone, having no equal, and acting independently. It also covers geographical locations and specific descriptive terms.

Derived headwords

الميحادnoun

1.
unique partclassical
A unique or singular part, analogous to a tenth being a part of ten.

الواحدnoun

1.
the Oneboth
Refers to God as the singular, unique entity.
2.
unique thingboth
A singular or unique item or concept.

الوحيدadjective

1.
unique, soleboth
Being alone, without a peer or equal.
2.
lonelyboth
Feeling isolated or solitary.

ألا يا دار مية بالوحيد كأن رسومها قطع البرود — Oh, dwelling of Mayyah in Al-Wahid, as if its ruins are pieces of brocade.

أساءلت الوحيد وجانبيه فما لك لا يكلمك الوحيد — You asked Al-Wahid and its sides, so why doesn't Al-Wahid speak to you?

الوحيدانname

1.
Al-Wahidan (two waters)classical
A dual name for two known watering places in the lands of Qays.

فأصبحن من ماء الوحيدين نقرة بميزان رغم إذ بدا صدوان — So they became from the water of Al-Wahidayn, a hollow, at Mizaan, when two rocks appeared.

الوحيدةname

1.
Al-Wahidah (area)classical
A place or area near Medina, between it and Mecca.

أدار سليمى بالوحيدة فالغمر أبيني سقاك القطر من منزل قفر — The dwellings of Sulayma in Al-Wahidah and Al-Ghamr, may the rain water them from a desolate home.

أوحدadjective

1.
unique, singularboth
Being the only one, without a peer or equal in a matter.
2.
aloneboth
Acting or being by oneself.

تمنى رجال أن أموت فإن أمت فتلك سبيل لست فيها بأوحد — Men wished for my death, and if I die, that is a path you are not unique in.

أحدانnoun

1.
unique arrowsclassical
Individual arrows that have no equals.

ابن إحداهاphrase

1.
noble offspringboth
A noble person, from noble parents, referring to men or camels.

لا يقوم لهاذا الأمر إلاص ابن إحداها — None can handle this matter except the son of one of them (i.e., a noble one).

نسيج وحدهphrase

1.
unique weaverboth
A person of exceptional skill or unique talent, praised for their individuality.
2.
unmatchedboth
Having no equal in skill or ability.

كان والله أحوذيا نسيج وحده — By God, he was astute, a unique weaver of his kind.

وهو نسيج وحده — And he is a unique weaver of his kind.

وعيير وحدهphrase

1.
alone, without counselclassical
Describing someone who acts independently, without consulting others, often implying weakness or foolishness.

وجحيش وحدهphrase

1.
alone, without counselclassical
Describing someone who acts independently, without consulting others, often implying weakness or foolishness.

واحد أمهphrase

1.
unique of its motherclassical
A unique individual, often used to describe someone exceptional.

أماوي إني رب واحد أمه أخذت ولا قتل عليه ولا أسر — Oh my mother, I am often the unique one of my mother, taken without being killed or captured.

إحدى بنات طبقphrase

1.
calamity, serpentclassical
A term referring to a great calamity or a serpent, due to its twisting nature.

بنو الوحيدname

1.
Banu Al-Wahidclassical
A lineage or group of people, specifically mentioned as being from Banu Kilab and Banu Taghlib.

الوحدانname

1.
Al-Wahdan (area)classical
A geographical area, described as land or isolated sand dunes.

حتى إذا هبط الوحدان وانكشفت عنه سلاسل رمل بينها ربد — Until he descended Al-Wahdan and the chains of sand between them were revealed.

توحدverb

1.
to be unique, to be aloneboth
To be singular, to act alone, or to be preserved by divine protection.
2.
to unifyboth
To bring together or make one.

توحد الله تعالى بعصمته — God Almighty preserved him uniquely with His protection.

الأحدانnoun

1.
unique arrowsclassical
Individual arrows that have no equals.

وحيدا فريدا حريداphrase

1.
utterly aloneboth
Emphatically alone and solitary.

بقيت وحيدا فريدا حريدا — I remained utterly alone.

الوحدةnoun

1.
oneness, unityboth
The state of being one, singular, or unified.
2.
solitudeboth
The state of being alone.

توحد برأيهverb phrase

1.
to be unique in opinionboth
To have a singular or independent opinion.

أوحده الناسverb phrase

1.
to leave someone aloneclassical
For people to leave someone by themselves.

الأوحادnoun

1.
individualsclassical
Singular individuals, used here to refer to people from Banu Al-Wahid.

ابن الوحيدname

1.
Ibn Al-Wahidclassical
A name referring to a specific scribe and writer.

وحدةname

1.
Wuhdah (place)classical
A location or district, part of Tlemcen.

الواحديname

1.
Al-Wahidiclassical
A known scholar, particularly an exegete (mufassir).

التوحيديname

1.
Al-Tawhidiclassical
A nisba (attribution) to a type of date called 'Tawhid', or to a father who sold them.

واحدname

1.
Wahid (mountain)classical
A mountain belonging to the tribe of Kalb.

التوحيدnoun

1.
monotheismboth
The doctrine of the oneness of God, encompassing divine lordship and worship.
2.
unityboth
The state of being one or undivided.

Parallel reading

الميحاد من الواحد كالمعشار من العشرة

Al-Mihad is from Al-Wahid as Al-Mi'shar is from Al-'Asharah.

لأنه إن أراد الاشتقاق وبيان المأخذ، كما هو المتبادر إلى الذهن فما أقل جدواه

For if he intended derivation and explanation of the origin, as is apparent to the mind, then how little is its benefit.

وإن أراد أن المعشار عشرة، كما أن الميحاد فرد فرد، فغلط

And if he intended that Al-Mi'shar is ten, just as Al-Mihad is one by one, then he erred.

لأن المعشار والعشر واحد من العشرة، ولا يقال في الميحاد واحد من الواحد

Because Al-Mi'shar and Al-'Asharah are one out of ten, and it is not said of Al-Mihad that it is one out of one.

والوحيد: ع بعينه، عن كراع

And Al-Wahid: it is the same thing, from Kara'.

ألا يا دار مية بالوحيد كأن رسومها قطع البرود

Oh, dwelling of Mayyah in Al-Wahid, as if its ruins are pieces of brocade.

أساءلت الوحيد وجانبيه فما لك لا يكلمك الوحيد

You asked Al-Wahid and its sides, so why doesn't Al-Wahid speak to you?

وأول جبل بالدهناء يقال له الوحيد

And the first mountain in Al-Dahna is called Al-Wahid.

فأصبحن من ماء الوحيدين نقرة بميزان رغم إذ بدا صدوان

So they became from the water of Al-Wahidayn, a hollow, at Mizaan, when two rocks appeared.

أدار سليمى بالوحيدة فالغمر أبيني سقاك القطر من منزل قفر

The dwellings of Sulayma in Al-Wahidah and Al-Ghamr, may the rain water them from a desolate home.

فعله من ذات حدته، وعلى ذات حدته، ومن ذي حدته، أي من ذات نفسه ورأيه

He did it from his own being, and by his own being, and from his own self and opinion.

لست فيه بأوحد، أي لا أخص به

I am not unique in it, meaning I am not singled out by it.

ويقال: لست في هاذا الأمر بأوحد، ولا يقال للأنثى وحداء

And it is said: You are not unique in this matter, and it is not said of a female 'wahdah'.

تمنى رجال أن أموت فإن أمت فتلك سبيل لست فيها بأوحد

Men wished for my death, and if I die, that is a path you are not unique in.

ويجمع الأوحد على أحدان، مثل أسود وسودان

And the plural of 'awhad' is 'ahdan', like 'aswad' and 'sudān'.

فلان لا واحد له، أي لا نظير له

So-and-so has no one like him, meaning he has no equal.

لا يقوم لهاذا الأمر إلاص ابن إحداها، يقال: هو ابن إحداها، إذا كان كريم الآباء والأمهات من الرجال والإبل

None can handle this matter except the son of one of them; it is said: he is the son of one of them, if he is noble from fathers and mothers, among men and camels.

نسيج وحده، مدح

Naseej wahdih, praise.

وعيير وحده وجحيش وحده، كلاهما ذم

Wa 'uyayr wahdih and juhaysh wahdih, both are terms of dispraise.

وهو نسيج وحده

And he is a unique weaver of his kind.

وهما نسيجا وحدهما، وهم نسيجو وحدهم، وهي نسيجة وحدها، وهن نسائج وحدهن

And they are two unique weavers, and they are unique weavers, and she is a unique weaver, and they are unique weavers.

وهو الرجل المصيب الرأي، قال: وكذالك قريع وحده

And he is the man of sound opinion. He said: And likewise Qaree' wahdih.

نسيج وحده، وعيير وحده،! وواحد أمه، نكرات

Naseej wahdih, 'uyayr wahdih, and wahid ummih, are indefinite.

رب نسيج وحده قد رأيت، ورب واحد أمه قد أسرت

Many a unique weaver have I seen, and many a unique one of his mother have I captured.

كان والله أحوذيا نسيج وحده

By God, he was astute, a unique weaver of his kind.

تعني أنه لي له شبه في رأيه وجميع أموره

Meaning he has no equal in his opinion and all his affairs.

العرب تنصب وحده في الكلام كله لا ترفعه ولا تخفضه إلا في ثلاثة أحرف: نسيج وحده، وعيير وحده، وجحيش وحده

The Arabs make 'wahdah' accusative in all speech, not nominative or genitive, except in three phrases: naseej wahdih, 'uyayr wahdih, and juhaysh wahdih.

أمْصا نسيج وحده فمدح، وأما جحيش وحده وعيير وحده فموضوعان موضع الذم

As for 'naseej wahdih', it is praise, but 'juhaysh wahdih' and 'uyayr wahdih' are used in the sense of dispraise.

وهما اللذان لا يشاوران أحدا ولا يخالطان، وفيهما مع ذالك مهانة وضعف

And they are those who do not consult anyone nor associate with them, and in them, along with that, is humiliation and weakness.

معنى قوله نسيج وحده أنه لا ثاني له

The meaning of his saying 'naseej wahdih' is that he has no second.

وهو الرجل المصيب الرأي، قال: وكذالك قريع وحده

And he is the man of sound opinion. He said: And likewise Qaree' wahdih.

هاذا رجل لا واحد له، كما تقول: هو نسيج وحده

This is a man who has no equal, just as you say: he is a unique weaver of his kind.

من يدلني على نسيج وحده

Who can guide me to a unique weaver?

إحدى بنات طبق: الداهية

Ihdā bunāt ṭabaq: the calamity.

بنو الوحيد: قوم من بني كلاب

Banu Al-Wahid: a people from Banu Kilab.

حتى إذا هبط الوحدان وانكشفت عنه سلاسل رمل بينها ربد

Until he descended Al-Wahdan and the chains of sand between them were revealed.

توحد الله تعالى بعصمته، أي عصمه ولم يكله إلى غيره

God Almighty preserved him uniquely with His protection, meaning He protected him and did not entrust him to others.

وأما قول الناس توحد الله بالأمر وتفرد، فإنه وإن كان صحيحا فإني لا أحب أن ألفظ به في صفة الله تعالى في المعنى إلا بما وصف به نفسه في التنزيل أو في السنة

As for people saying 'Tawḥḥada Allah bil-amr wa tafarrada' (God made Himself unique in the matter and singular), although it is correct, I do not like to utter it in describing God Almighty in meaning except with what He described Himself with in the Revelation or the Sunnah.

الأحدان، بالضم: السهام الأفراد التي لا نظائر لها

Al-Aḥdān, with dammah: the individual arrows that have no equals.

عددت الدراهم أفرادا ووحادا

I counted the dirhams individually and singly.

بقيت وحيدا فريدا حريدا، بمعنى واحد

I remained utterly alone, meaning singular.

وأنت تريد فردا، وكلام العرب يجىء على ما بني عليه وأخذ عنهم

And you mean singular, and the speech of the Arabs comes according to what it is built upon and taken from them.

الوحدة في معنى التوحد

Al-Wahdah in the meaning of Al-Tawḥḥud.

توحد برأيه: تفرد به

Tawḥḥada bi-ra'yihi: to be unique in his opinion.

أوحده الناس: تركوه وحده

Awḥadahu al-nās: people left him alone.

ما أنت من الأحد، أي من الناس

You are not from Al-Aḥad, meaning from the people.

ولو قلت: ما هو من الإنسان، تريد ما هو من الناس، أصبت

And if you said: What is he from mankind, meaning what is he from the people, you would be correct.

ولاكنها الأوحاد أسفل سافل

But they are Al-Awḥād, the lowest of the low.

جعل كل واحد منهم أحدا

He made each one of them an 'aḥad'.

وهو شرف الدينه محمد ابن شريف بن يوسف

And he is Sharaf al-Din Muhammad ibn Sharif ibn Yusuf.

منها أبو محمد عبد الله بن سعيد - الوحدي ولي قضاء بلنسية

Among them is Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn Sa'id - Al-Wahidi, who held the position of judge in Valencia.

وأبو حيان علي بن محمد بن العبصاس التوحيدي، نسبة لنوع من التمر يقال له التوحيد

And Abu Hayyan Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Al-'Abbas Al-Tawhidi, attributed to a type of date called 'Al-Tawhid'.

لأن أباه كان يبيع التوحيد ببغداد، وهو نوع من التمر بالعراق

Because his father used to sell 'Al-Tawhid' in Baghdad, which is a type of date in Iraq.

ألا ليت شعري هل أبيتن ليلة بإنبط أو بالروض شرقي! واحد بمنزلة جاد الربيع رياضها قصير بها ليل العذارى الروافد

Oh, I wish I knew if I would spend a night in Inbat or in the eastern plain! Wahid, where spring has watered its meadows, short is the night of the shy maidens there.

الواحد في الحقيقة هو الشيء الذي لا جزء له البته

The One in reality is that which has no parts whatsoever.

فالواحد لفظ مشترك يستعمل على ستة أوجه

So 'Al-Wahid' is a common word used in six ways.

ما كان واحدا لعدم نظيره

What is singular due to the absence of its like.

لفلان واحد دهره

So-and-so is the unique one of his age.

ما كان واحدا لامتناع التجزي فيه

What is singular due to the impossibility of division within it.

للمبحدإ، إما لمبدإ العدد، كقولك واحد اثنان

For the beginning, either the beginning of the number, as you say one, two.

وإذا وصف الله عز وجل بالواحد فمعناه هو الذي لا يصح عليه التجزي، ولا التكثر

And when God Almighty is described as Al-Wahid, it means He is the one for whom division and multiplicity are impossible.

وإذا ذكر الله وحده اشمأزت

And when God is mentioned alone, they turn away in aversion.

التوحيد توحيدان. توحيد الربوبية، وتوحيد الإلاهية

Tawhid is of two kinds: Tawhid of Lordship, and Tawhid of Divinity.