ردن

See also: زدن

Arabic

Etymology 1

Unknown. Apparently primarily a colour term, applied to fibres because they were yellowish in their natural states, given Safaitic 𐪇𐪕𐪌 (rdn /⁠radan⁠/, yellowish-red colour).

Noun

رَدَن • (radan) m (plural أَرْدَان (ʔardān))

  1. thread spun
  2. (botany, rare) stamen
  3. (obsolete) saffron (as also رَادِن (rādin))
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of رَدَن (radan).

Verb

رَدَنَ • (radana) I, non-past يَرْدِنُ‎ (yardinu)

  1. to spin
Conjugation

Noun

رَدْن • (radn) m

  1. verbal noun of رَدَنَ (radana) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 3

Denominal verb of مِرْدَن (mirdan) or رَدَّانَة (raddāna).

Verb

رَدَّنَ • (raddana) II, non-past يُرَدِّنُ‎ (yuraddinu) (rare)

  1. to make a spindle
Conjugation

Etymology 4

The essence of the monotonous occupation of spinning.

Verb

رَدَنَ • (radana) I, non-past يَرْدُنُ‎ (yardunu) (rare)

  1. to put into order, to set together
Conjugation

Noun

رَدْن • (radn) m

  1. verbal noun of رَدَنَ (radana) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 5

Obscure. Perhaps because in an ancient spinning mill lots of dust was raised.

Verb

رَدَنَ • (radana) I, non-past يَرْدِنُ‎ (yardinu) (rare)

  1. to cause to smoke
Conjugation

Noun

رَدْن • (radn) m

  1. verbal noun of رَدَنَ (radana) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 6

From thread shriveling up on a spindle.

Verb

رَدِنَ • (radina) I, non-past يَرْدَنُ‎ (yardanu) (rare)

  1. to become wrinkled, to become shrunk, to become corrugated
Conjugation

Noun

رَدَن • (radan) m

  1. verbal noun of رَدِنَ (radina) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 7

Probably from particular care taken to have particular spun threads in the sleeves of the apparel.

Noun

رُدْن • (rudn) m (plural أَرْدَان (ʔardān))

  1. sleeve
Declension

Etymology 8

Denominal verb of رُدْن (rudn).

Verb

رَدَّنَ • (raddana) II, non-past يُرَدِّنُ‎ (yuraddinu)

  1. to sleeve
Conjugation

Etymology 9

Probably an Aramaic onomatopoeic formation, given רדנ (rdn, to murmur (?)) in the Targum Jonathan.

Verb

رَدَنَ • (radana) I, non-past يَرْدِنُ‎ (yardinu)

  1. to purr, to murmur
Conjugation

Etymology 10

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

رِدْنَ • (ridna) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine plural active imperative of وَرَدَ (warada)

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ردن”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 522
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 41
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “ردن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 141
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ردن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1070
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ردن”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 465
  • mrdn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • rdn2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986– “to murmur”
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