Arabic edit

Root
ع ض د (ʕ-ḍ-d)

Noun edit

عَضُد (ʕaḍudm (plural أَعْضَاد (ʔaʕḍād))

  1. upper arm, bracchium, humerus
  2. (figurative) something or someone that gives man strength, assistant etc.
  3. (obsolete, from the idea of something on the side assisting, and in this sense it may also be عَضَد (ʕaḍad)) side, lateral, brink, border, region, quarter, area, tract, boundary
    • c. 900, أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي [Rhazes], كتاب الحاوي في الطب[1]:
      لوجع الْأَسْنَان وضع ورق الكبيكج على عضد العليل من جَانب سنه العليل سكن الوجع من سَاعَة وَإِن أحدث فِي العصب قرحَة فَيَنْبَغِي أَن يعالج بعد ذَلِك.
      For tooth-ache put leaves of spearwort onto the ill spot from the side of the aching tooth and it will attain relief from the ache within an hour and if a sore spawn in the tissue then it should be treated after that.

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Verb edit

عَضَدَ (ʕaḍada) I, non-past يَعْضُدُ‎ (yaʕḍudu)

  1. to be strong for, to succor, to support, to aid

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عَضَّدَ (ʕaḍḍada) II, non-past يُعَضِّدُ‎ (yuʕaḍḍidu)

  1. to reinforce, to corroborate, to strengthen, to be strong for, to sustain

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عَضْد (ʕaḍdm

  1. verbal noun of عَضَدَ (ʕaḍada) (form I)

Declension edit

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عَضَد (ʕaḍadm

  1. what is lopped from trees, cuttings

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