ذاد

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Arabic

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Root
ذ و د (ḏ w d)
2 terms

Verb

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ذَادَ (ḏāda) I (non-past يَذُودُ (yaḏūdu), verbal noun ذَوْد (ḏawd) or ذِيَاد (ḏiyād))

  1. to drive away (from عن something)
  2. to defend, to protect (عن something)
    Synonyms: دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa), حَمَى (ḥamā)
    • 520 – 609, زهير بن أبي سلمى, معلقة زهير بن أبي سلمى:
      وَمَنْ لَا يَذُدْ عَنْ حَوْضِهِ بِسِلَاحِهِ *** يُهَدَّمْ وَمَنْ لَا يَظْلِمِ النَّاسَ يُظْلَمِ
      waman lā yaḏud ʕan ḥawḍihi bisilāḥihi *** yuhaddam waman lā yaẓlimi n-nāsa yuẓlami
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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