ودد

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns love, affection, and friendship. It extends to the concept of wishing or desiring something, and also encompasses terms for idols, mountains, and places.

Derived headwords

الْوُدّnoun

1.
loveboth
Love and friendship, a deep affection.
2.
wishclassical
Metaphorically used for wishing or longing for something.

الْوَدَادnoun

1.
loveboth
Love and friendship.
2.
wishboth
Wishing or desiring something.

وَدِدْتُverb

1.
to loveboth
I loved (someone or something).
2.
to wishboth
I wished (for something to happen).

يَوَدُّverb

1.
to wishboth
He wishes or desires.
2.
to loveboth
He loves.

يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ — One of them wishes he could live a thousand years.

الْوَدَادَةnoun

1.
loveboth
A source noun for 'he loved him'.
2.
wishboth
A source noun for 'he wished to do something'.

الْمَوَدَّةnoun

1.
loveboth
Love, affection, friendship.

الْمَوَدْدَةnoun

1.
loveclassical
Love, affection (with dissimilation of the two 'd's).

الْمَوْدُودَةnoun

1.
loveclassical
Love, affection (a rare form).

وَدِدْتُهُverb

1.
to love himboth
I loved him.
2.
to wish for himclassical
I wished for him (to do something).

أَوَدُّverb

1.
to wishboth
I wish (for something).

الْوَدُّnoun

1.
loverboth
A lover or a dear friend.

أَنَّ أَبَا هَذَا كَانَ وُدًّا لِعُمَرَ — That the father of this man was a dear friend to Umar.

الْوَدِيدadjective

1.
loverboth
A lover or a dear friend (active participle).

وَفُلَانٌ وَدُّكَ وَوَدِيدُكَ — And so-and-so is your lover and your dear friend.

الْوَدُودadjective

1.
lovingboth
Loving, affectionate (often used for God).

الْمَوَدُّnoun

1.
loveboth
Love, affection (as a source noun).

الْوَدُّnoun

1.
loversboth
Lovers or friends (plural, used as a collective noun).

الْأَوَدَّةnoun

1.
loversclassical
Plural of 'wadīd', meaning lovers or friends.

الْأَوْدَاءnoun

1.
loversclassical
Plural of 'wadīd', meaning lovers or friends.

الْأَوْدَادnoun

1.
friendsclassical
Plural of 'wudd' (with kasra), meaning friends.

الْوَدِيدnoun

1.
loversclassical
A plural form for lovers or friends (usage debated).

الْأَوْدnoun

1.
loveclassical
Intense love or affection.

بَعْضَ الْأَوْدِ حَدِيثًا غَيْرَ مَكْذُوبٍ — Some of the intense love, a truthful حديث.

وَدْدَاءadjective

1.
lovingclassical
Intensely loving or affectionate, used for both male and female.

وُدّname

1.
Wuddclassical
The name of an idol worshipped by Noah's people and later by Quraish.

وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وُدًّا — And do not abandon Wudd.

وَدname

1.
Wuddclassical
The name of an idol (variant pronunciation).

الْوَدnoun

1.
stakeclassical
A stake or post, a dialectal term used by the Tamim tribe.

الْوَدname

1.
Wuddclassical
The name of an idol (variant pronunciation).

الْوَدname

1.
Wuddclassical
The name of a mountain.

وَدَانname

1.
Waddanclassical
The name of a place near Al-Abwa and Al-Juhfah.

أَقُولُ لِرَكْبٍ قَافِلِينَ عَشِيَّةً قِفُوا ذَاتَ أَوْشَالٍ وَمَوْلَاكَ قَارِبُ — I say to a returning caravan in the evening: Stop at Dhat Awshal, and your lord is near.

الْوَدَّانِيname

1.
Al-Waddaniclassical
A person from the place called Waddan.

وَدَانname

1.
Waddanclassical
The name of a place in Ifriqiya.

وَدَانname

1.
Waddanclassical
The name of a long mountain near Fayd.

وَدَانname

1.
Waddanclassical
The name of a district near Samarkand.

الْوَدَاءnoun

1.
concealmentclassical
Concealment, possibly related to the earth covering something.

بِرْقَةُ وِدَاءname

1.
Birqat Wida'classical
A place name.

بَطْنُ الْوَدْدَاءname

1.
Batn al-Waddā'classical
A place name.

تَوَدَّدَverb

1.
to seek affectionboth
To seek or attract someone's love or affection.
2.
to endear oneselfboth
To endear oneself to someone.

تَوَدَّدْ إِلَيَّ إِذَا مَا لَقِيتَنِي بِرِفْقٍ وَمَعْرُوفٍ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ نَاصِعٍ — Seek my affection when you meet me with gentleness and clear, good words.

تَوَدُّدٌnoun

1.
seeking affectionboth
The act of seeking affection or endearment.

Parallel reading

الْوُدُّ وَالْوَدَادُ: الْحُبُّ وَالصَّدَاقَةُ

Al-wudd and al-widād: love and friendship.

ثُمَّ اسْتُعِيرَ لِلتَّمَنِّي

Then it was metaphorically used for wishing.

وَوَدِدْتُ الشَّيْءَ أَوْدُهُ، وَهُوَ مِنَ الْأُمْنِيَّةِ

And I wished for the thing, I wish for it, and it is from wishing.

يُقَالُ: وَدِدْتُ الشَّيْءَ أُحِبُّهُ

It is said: I loved the thing, meaning I desired it.

وَوَدِدْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ كَذَا، إِذَا تَمَنَّيْتُهُ

And I wished to do such-and-such, if I desired it.

وَالْفَتْحُ كَمَا قَالَهُ هَؤُلَاءِ هُوَ الْأَكْثَرُ

And the fath (vowel) is, as these have said, the more common.

وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُمْ الْكَسْرَ وَقَالُوا: إِنَّهُ يُقَالُ: وِدَادَةٌ أَيْضًا، بِكَسْرِ الْوَاوِ

And others said the kasra, and they said: It is also said: widādah, with a kasra on the waw.

وَالْوَدَادُ، بِالْكَسْرِ، وَالْوَدَادَةُ، وَالْوَدَادَةُ بِالْفَتْحِ وَالْكَسْرِ مَصْدَرٌ

And al-widād, with kasra, and al-widādah, and al-widādah with fath and kasra are sources.

وَالْمَوَدَّةُ، بِالْفَتْحِ، كَمَا يَقْتَضِيهِ الْإِطْلَاقُ

And al-mawaddah, with fath, as the general usage implies.

وَالْمَوَدْدَةُ بِفَكِّ الْإِدْغَامِ، بِكَسْرِ الدَّالِ وَبِفَتْحِهَا

And al-mawadaddah, with dissimilation of the gemination, with a kasra on the dal and with its fath.

إِنَّ بَنِيَّ لَلِئَامٌ زُهْدٌ لَا يَجِدُونَ لِصَدِيقٍ مَوْدَدَهْ

Indeed, my sons are base and ascetic; they find no affection for a friend.

وَقَالَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ: تَقُولُ: وَدِدْتُ لَوْ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ وَوَدِدْتُ لَوْ أَنَّكَ تَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ

And Al-Jauhari said: You say: I wished you would do that, and I wished that you would do that.

وَوَدِدْتُهُ، أَيْ بِالْكَسْرِ، أُودُهُ أَيْ بِالْفَتْحِ فِي الْمُضَارِعِ

And I loved him, i.e., with kasra, I love him, i.e., with fath in the present tense.

وَأَنْكَرَ الْبَصْرِيُّونَ وَدِدْتُ

And the Basrans rejected 'wadidtu'.

وَقَالَ الْيَزِيدِيُّ فِي نَوَادِرِهِ: وَلَيْسَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ وَدِدْتُ مَفْتُوحَةً

And Al-Yazidi said in his Nawadir: And there is no 'wadidtu' with fath in any of Arabic.

الْوُدُّ أَيْضًا: الْمُحِبُّ

Al-wudd also: the lover.

أَنَّ أَبَا هَذَا كَانَ وُدًّا لِعُمَرَ

That the father of this man was a dear friend to Umar.

وَفُلَانٌ وَدُّكَ وَوَدِيدُكَ

And so-and-so is your lover and your dear friend.

وَالْوَدُودُ فِي أَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَعُولٌ بِمَعْنَى مَفْعُولٍ مِنَ الْوُدِّ: الْمَحَبَّةُ

And Al-Wadud among the names of God Almighty is 'fa'ūl' in the meaning of 'maf'ūl' from 'al-wudd': love.

وَالْأُنْثَى وَدُودٌ أَيْضًا، وَالْوَدُودُ: الْمُحِبُّ

And the feminine is also wadūd, and al-wadūd: the lover.

وَالْوُدُّ بِالضَّمِّ أَيْضًا: الْمُحِبُّونَ

And al-wudd with dammah also: the lovers.

وَالْأَوْدَادُ، بِدَالَيْنِ جَمْعُ وُدٍّ، بِالْكَسْرِ

And al-awdād, with two dāls, is the plural of wudd, with kasra.

وَالْأَوْدُ، بِكَسْرِ الْوَاوِ وَضَمِّهَا مَعًا

And al-awd, with kasra of the waw and its dammah together.

إِنِّي كَأَنِّي أَرَى النُّعْمَانَ خَبَرَهُ بَعْضَ الْأَوْدِ حَدِيثًا غَيْرَ مَكْذُوبٍ

Indeed, it is as if I see Al-Nu'man informed of some love, a truthful حديث.

رِجَالٌ وَدْدَاءُ، يَسْتَوِي فِيهِ الْمُذَكَّرُ وَالْمُؤَنَّثُ

Waddā' men, it is the same for masculine and feminine.

وَوُدٌّ: صَنَمٌ

And Wudd: an idol.

وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُهْمِزُ فَيَقُولُ أُدٌّ

And among them are those who use hamza, saying Ud.

وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وُدًّا

And do not abandon Wudd.

وَقَرَأَ نَافِعٌ (وُدًّا) بِضَمِّ الْوَاوِ

And Nafi' recited (wuddan) with a dammah on the waw.

وَالْوُدُّ: الْوَتَدُّ بِلُغَةِ تَمِيمٍ

And al-wudd: the stake, in the dialect of Tamim.

وَالْوُدُّ، بِالْفَتْحِ: الْوَتَدُّ فِي لُغَةِ أَهْلِ نَجْدٍ

And al-wudd, with fath: the stake, in the dialect of the people of Najd.

وَالْوُدُّ: اسْمُ جَبَلٍ

And al-wudd: the name of a mountain.

وَوَدَّانُ، بِالْفَتْحِ، كَأَنَّهُ فَعْلَانُ مِنَ الْوُدِّ: مَدِينَةٌ

And Waddān, with fath, as if it is fa'lān from al-wudd: a city.

أَقُولُ لِرَكْبٍ قَافِلِينَ عَشِيَّةً قِفُوا ذَاتَ أَوْشَالٍ وَمَوْلَاكَ قَارِبُ

I say to a returning caravan in the evening: Stop at Dhat Awshal, and your lord is near.

وَوَدَانُ: بِإِفْرِيقِيَةَ فِي جَنُوبِيِّهَا

And Waddān: in Ifriqiya, in its southern part.

وَمِنْهَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ الْوَدَّانِيِّ الْأَدِيبُ الشَّاعِرُ

And among them is Abu Al-Hasan Ali bin Ishaq bin Al-Waddānī, the literary poet.

وَدَانُ أَيْضًا: جَبَلٌ طَوِيلٌ قُرْبَ فِيدٍ

Waddān also: a long mountain near Fīd.

وَوَدَانُ أَيْضًا: رُسْتَاقٌ بِنَوَاحِي سَمَرْقَنْدَ

And Waddān also: a district in the regions of Samarkand.

وَالْوَدَاءُ، بِتَشْدِيدِ الدَّالِ مَمْدُودًا

And al-wadā', with a shadda on the dāl, elongated.

وَبِرْقَةُ وِدَاءٍ، وَكَذَا بَطْنُ الْوَدْدَاء

And Birqat Widā', and likewise Batn al-Waddā'.

تَوَدَّدْ إِلَيَّ إِذَا مَا لَقِيتَنِي بِرِفْقٍ وَمَعْرُوفٍ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ نَاصِعٍ

Seek my affection when you meet me with gentleness and clear, good words.

وَتَوَدَّدَ إِلَيْهِ: تَحَبَّبَ

And tawaddada ilayhi: to endear oneself to him.