ArabicGenius عَبْقَرِيُّ العَرَبِيَّةِ
radaʿa

prevent, deter, repel

رَدَعَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ر د ع

Forms

Present
يَرْدَعُ
Verbal noun
رَدْع

In the library

فإنك متى رددتها ارتدّت، ومتى ردعتها ارتدعت والنفس عزوف ، ونفور ألوف، وما حمّلتها احتملت وإن أهملتها فسدت.

The Book of Misers, page 119 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ رَدَعَيَرْدَعُ—
she هِيَ رَدَعَتتَرْدَعُ—
they two (m.) هُما رَدَعايَرْدَعانِ—
they two (f.) هُما رَدَعَتاتَرْدَعانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ رَدَعُوايَرْدَعُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ رَدَعْنَيَرْدَعْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ رَدَعْتَتَرْدَعُاِرْدَعْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ رَدَعْتِتَرْدَعِينَاِرْدَعِي
you two أَنْتُما رَدَعْتُماتَرْدَعانِاِرْدَعَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ رَدَعْتُمتَرْدَعُونَاِرْدَعُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ رَدَعْتُنَّتَرْدَعْنَاِرْدَعْنَ
I أَنا رَدَعْتُأَرْدَعُ—
we نَحْنُ رَدَعْنانَرْدَعُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • رَدَعَهُ Form I He restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered, him
    , aor. , inf. n. رَدْعٌ, He restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered, him; made him to restrain himself, withhold himself, refrain, forbear, or abstain; (S, Msb, K;) turned him back, repelled him, or averted him; (K;) عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing. (S, Msb, K. *) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] رَدَعَ جَيْبَهُ عَنْهُ (assumed tropical:) He cleared his bosom, or heart, of it; syn. فَرَجَهُ, or فَرَّجَهُ; (accord. to different copies of the K;) [as though he withheld his mind from it;] meaning, grief, and perturbation; جيب being used to signify the “ bosom, ” and the “ heart: ” (TK:) mentioned by Sgh. (TA.)
  • ترادع القَوْمُ Form VI The people, or company of men, restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered, one another
    The people, or company of men, restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered, one another; made one another to restrain himself, withhold himself, refrain, forbear, or abstain; turned back, repelled, or averted, one another. (TA.)
  • ارتدع Form VIII He became restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered
    He became restrained, withheld, prevented, or hindered; was made to restrain himself, withhold himself, refrain, forbear, or abstain; or he restrained himself, withheld himself, refrained, forbore, or abstained; (S, Msb, K, TA;) he became turned back, repelled, or averted; or he turned back, or reverted. (K.) You say, ارتدع بِرَوَادِعِ القُرْآنِ [He became restrained by the restrictions of the Kur-án]. (Msb.)
  • رَادِعَةٌ A restraining verse
    [ , app. for آيَةٌ رَادِعَةٌ A restraining verse of the Kur-án, seems to be the sing. of رَوَادِعُ, of which an ex. occurs above: see 8.]

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