Arabic

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Root
ر د ي (r d y)
7 terms

Pronunciation

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Noun

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رَدًى (radanm

  1. verbal noun of رَدِيَ (radiya) (form I)
    1. death, destruction
      • 11th–12th century CE, Ibn Zuhr, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        يَا غُصْنَ نَقَا مُكَلَّلًا بِٱلذَّهَبِ – أَفْدِيكَ مِنَ ٱلرَّدَى بِأُمِّي وَأَبِي
        yā ḡuṣna naqā mukallalan bi-ḏ-ḏahabi – ʔafdīka mina r-radā biʔummī waʔabī
        Oh branch of the sand dune wreathed in gold – I ransom you from death by my mother and my father

Declension

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Verb

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رَدَّى (raddā) II, non-past يُرَدِّي‎ (yuraddī)

  1. to cause the death of, to smite
  2. (figurative) to annihilate, to raze

Conjugation

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