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غ ر د ق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the act of covering or enveloping, particularly with dust or darkness. It can also refer to the act of concealing or veiling, and in a derived sense, a type of tree.

Derived headwords

غَرَدَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to cover with dustclassical

    To envelop people with dust, especially during a dusty day or battle.

  2. 2.
    to cover with darknessclassical

    To cover everything with the darkness of night.

  3. 3.
    to veilclassical

    To send down or extend a veil or covering.

غَرْدَقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dusty dayclassical

    A day characterized by dust, often associated with battle or intense activity.

الغَرْدَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    covering with dustclassical

    The act of enveloping people with dust.

  2. 2.
    covering with darknessclassical

    The act of night covering everything.

  3. 3.
    veilingclassical

    The act of sending down or extending a veil or covering.

  4. 4.
    type of treeclassical

    A specific kind of tree.

Parallel reading

هو إلباس الغبار الناس
It is the enveloping of people with dust.
إنا إذا قسطل يوم غردقا
Indeed, when the dust of a day envelops us.
ولا يخفى ما في الناس وإلباس من المجانسة
And what is in 'people' and 'enveloping' from similarity is not hidden.
أو: هو إلباس الليل يلبس كل شيء
Or: it is the enveloping of everything by the night.
وهو أيضا: إرسال الستر ونحوه
And it is also: sending down a veil and the like.
يقال: غردقت المرأة سترها
It is said: the woman veiled her covering.
الغردقة: ضرب من الشجر
Al-ghardaqah: a type of tree.