Arabic edit

Root
خ ض د (ḵ-ḍ-d)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaṣ́ad-. Doublet of Syriac-borrowed حَصَدَ (ḥaṣada, to reap).

Verb edit

خَضَدَ (ḵaḍada) I, non-past يَخْضِدُ‎ (yaḵḍidu)

  1. to cut off the thorns
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:28-29:
      فِي سِدْرٍ مَّخْضُودٍ وَطَلْحٍ مَّنْضُودٍ
      fī sidrin mmaḵḍūdin waṭalḥin mmanḍūdin
      [They will be] among buckthorn trees with thorns removed and vachellia trees layered [with fruit]

Conjugation edit