واد

See also: وأد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
و د ي (w-d-y)

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waː.din/

Noun

وَادٍ • (wādin) m (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
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: wied
  • Azerbaijani: vadi
  • English: wadi
  • French: oued
  • Ottoman Turkish: وادی (vadi)
  • Persian: وادی
  • Portuguese: Ode-, (before vowels) Odi-, Guade-, Água
  • Spanish: Guad-
  • Swahili: wadi
  • Uyghur: ۋادى (wadi)
  • Uzbek: vodiy

Etymology 2

Root
و د د (w-d-d)

Verb

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

Adjective

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

  1. active participle of وَدَّ (wadda)
Declension

Baluchi

Noun

واد • (wád)

  1. salt

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَلَد (walad).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waːd/

Noun

واد • (wād) m (plural أولاد (ʔawlād))

  1. boy
    Synonym: وَلَد (walad)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic وَادٍ (wādin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waːd/

Noun

واد • (wād) m (plural ويدان (wīdān))

  1. river
  2. valley
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