وخد

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root 'wakhada' primarily describes a specific gait or manner of movement, particularly for camels and ostriches, characterized by speed, long strides, or a distinctive leg-throwing motion. It also extends to a place name and a type of horse gait.

Derived headwords

الوخدnoun

1.
speedboth
The act of moving quickly, specifically referring to a camel's gait.
2.
ostrich-like gaitclassical
A manner of walking where the animal throws its legs forward, similar to an ostrich.
3.
long strideclassical
A wide or expansive stride in walking.

وخدverb

1.
to move quicklyboth
The verb form indicating a camel or ostrich moving with speed or a distinctive gait.

وقد وخد البعير والظليم كوعد — And the camel and the male ostrich moved quickly like 'wa'ada'.

يخدverb

1.
moves quicklyboth
The imperfect tense of the verb 'wakhada', indicating the ongoing action of moving quickly.

الوخدانnoun

1.
speedboth
The act of moving quickly, often used in the context of a camel's gait.
2.
long stridesclassical
The characteristic of taking wide steps while walking.

الوَخيدnoun

1.
speedclassical
A term for the speed of a camel's movement.

واخدadjective

1.
fast-movingclassical
Describing a camel or male ostrich that moves with speed.

وخادadjective

1.
fast-movingclassical
An intensive form describing a camel or male ostrich that moves with great speed.

وخودadjective

1.
fast-moving (female camel)classical
Describing a female camel that moves with speed.

وخدةname

1.
Wakhdahclassical
A proper name for a village in the Khaybar region, known for its palm trees.

Parallel reading

الوخد للبعير: الإسراع، أو هو أن يرمي بقوائمه كمشي النعام، أو هو سعة الخطو في المشي

Al-wakhd for a camel: speed, or it is throwing its legs like the gait of an ostrich, or it is a wide stride in walking.

ومثله الخدي، لغتان، أقوال ثلاثة، وأوسطها أوسطها، وهو الذي اقتصر عليه الجوهري وغيره

And similar to it is al-khaddī, two linguistic variants, three opinions, and the middle one is the most accurate, and it is what Al-Jauhari and others limited themselves to.

وقد وخد البعير والظليم كوعد

And the camel and the male ostrich moved quickly like 'wa'ada'.

ووخدت الناقة قال النابغة: فما وخدت بمثلك ذات غرب حطوط في الزمام ولا لجون

And the she-camel moved quickly, the poet Al-Nabigha said: 'She did not move quickly with one like you, possessing a strong gait, nor one with a long stride.'

فهو واخد وووخاد وكذالك ظليم وخاد

So it is a fast-moving (camel) and a very fast-moving (camel), and likewise a male ostrich is khād (very fast-moving).

وناقةخود كصبور

And a she-camel is 'wakhūd' like 'sabūr' (patient).

وبالوخدان ذكرت هنا أبياتا كتب بها الوزير ابن عباد للإمام أبي أحمد العسكري

And with 'al-wakhdān' (speed/long strides), verses were mentioned here which the minister Ibn 'Abbād wrote to Imam Abu Ahmad Al-Askari.

ولما أبيتم أن تزوروا وقلتم ضعفنا فلم نقدر على الوخدان أتيناكم من بعد أرض نزوركم

And when you refused to visit and said 'We are weak and could not manage the journey (al-wakhdān)', we came to you from afar to visit you.

وخد الفرس: ضرب من سيره، حكاه كراع، ولم يحده

The horse's 'wakhd': a type of its gait, narrated by Kura', but he did not define it.

وفي حديث خيبر، ذكر وخدة، بفتح فسكون، قرية من قرى خيبر الحصينة، بها نخل

And in the Hadith of Khaybar, 'Wakhdah' was mentioned, with fatha and sukun, a village among the strong villages of Khaybar, with palm trees.