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وض ض

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to hardship, necessity, and being compelled. It is noted as being obscure and possibly related to another root signifying difficulty.

Derived headwords

الْوِضّnoun
  1. 1.
    necessityclassical

    The state of being compelled or forced to do something due to unavoidable circumstances.

أَضْnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipclassical

    Difficulty, distress, or suffering.

أَضْنَىverb
  1. 1.
    to exhaustmodern

    To cause someone to become extremely tired or weak.

  2. 2.
    to afflictclassical

    To cause suffering or distress.

اضْطَرَّverb
  1. 1.
    to compelmodern

    To force or oblige someone to do something.

  2. 2.
    to be in needmodern

    To be in a state of necessity or urgency.

Parallel reading

هو الاضطرار
It is necessity.
وأصله الأض
And its origin is 'al-aḍḍ'.
الأض: المشقة
'Al-aḍḍ': hardship.
وأضني إليك الفقر واضطرني
And poverty exhausted me and compelled me.