← Back to Taj al-Arus

ضهه

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to resemblance or similarity. It is noted as a variant of another root, suggesting a shared semantic field of likeness.

Derived headwords

ضَهَاverb
  1. 1.
    resembledclassical

    To resemble or be similar to someone or something.

ضَاهَىverb
  1. 1.
    resembledclassical

    To resemble or be similar to someone or something; to match or equal.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري وصاحب اللسان.
Al-Jawhari and the author of Al-Lisan neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: أي (شاكله وشابهه، لغة في ضاهاه)
Ibn Al-A'rabi said: It means (he resembled him and was like him, a dialectal variant of ضاهاه).
كذا في التكملة.
Thus it is in Al-Takmilah.