See also: وأد

Arabic edit

 
وَادٍ

Etymology 1 edit

Root
و د ي (w-d-y)

Derived from the active participle of وَدَى (wadā, to whip out for discharge).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

وَادٍ (wādinm (construct state وَادِي (wādī), plural أَوْدِيَة (ʔawdiya) or وُدْيَان (wudyān))

  1. valley
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:17:
      أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَسَالَتْ أَوْدِيَةٌ بِقَدَرِهَا فَاحْتَمَلَ السَّيْلُ زَبَدًا رَّابِيًا []
      He has sent down water from the sky so the valleys flow, [each valley] according to its measure, so then the torrent bears a rising foam []
  2. river bed, ravine, gorge, wadi
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Etymology 2 edit

Root
و د د (w-d-d)

Verb edit

وَادَدَ or وَادَّ (wādda or wādada) III, non-past يُوَادُّ or يُوَادِدُ‎ (yuwāddu or yuwādidu)

  1. to engage in fellowship with, to try or strive to be friends
  2. to be with affection for, to love someone, to be one who loves them
Conjugation edit

Adjective edit

وَادّ (wādd) (feminine وَادَّة (wādda), masculine plural وَادُّونَ (wāddūna), feminine plural وَادَّات (wāddāt))

  1. active participle of وَدَّ (wadda)
Declension edit

Baluchi edit

Noun edit

واد (wád)

  1. salt

Hijazi Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

واد (wādm (plural أولاد (ʔawlād))

  1. boy
    Synonym: وَلَد (walad)

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

واد (wādm (plural ويدان (wīdān))

  1. river
  2. valley