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رهدن

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of bird found in Mecca, described as being similar to a sparrow but larger and darker. It also refers to the plural forms of this bird.

Derived headwords

الرَّهْدَنnoun
  1. 1.
    Bird like a sparrowclassical

    A type of bird found in Mecca, similar to a sparrow but larger and darker in color.

كالرَّهْدَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Like the rahdana birdclassical

    This phrase indicates a comparison to the rahdana bird, implying similar characteristics.

الرَّهْدَنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Bird like a sparrowclassical

    A type of bird found in Mecca, similar to a sparrow but larger and darker in color. This is a variant form of 'al-rahdan'.

الرَّهْدُونnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of rahdana birdclassical

    The plural form of the 'rahdana' bird, referring to multiple birds of this type.

رَهَادِنnoun
  1. 1.
    Plural of rahdana birdclassical

    A broken plural form for the 'rahdana' bird, indicating a group of these birds.

Parallel reading

الرهدن، مثلثة الراء، اقتصر الجوهري على الفتح: طائر كالعصفور بمكة
Al-rahdan, with three possible vowelizations for the ra, but Al-Jawhari limited it to the fatha: a bird like a sparrow in Mecca.
يشبه الحمرة إلا أنه أدبس، وهو أكبر من الحمرة
It resembles the humra (a type of bird) except that it is darker, and it is larger than the humra.
كالرهدنة
Like the rahdana (bird).
والرهدنة، كطرطبة
And al-rahdana, like tartaba (a pattern of vowelization).
والرهدون، كزنبور
And al-rahdun, like zunbur (a pattern of vowelization).
ج رهادن
Plural: rahādin.