kaʾūd
insurmountable
كَؤُود
Word
Adjective · pattern فَعُولRoot
ك ء دIn the library
فقال أبو ذرّ: بين يديّ عقبة كؤود إن نجوت منها لا يضرّني ما قلت، وإن أقع فيها فأنا شرّ ممّا تقول.
Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 244 →From the same root
- كَأَدَbe sad, be worried
- كادَalmost, hardly, no sooner
- كادَdeceive, harm
- كَأْداءsadness, distress
- كادْمِيُومcadmium
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries-
كَأَدَ Form I He was in an evil state, and broken
, aor. , He was in an evil state, and broken [in spirit] by grief, or mourning; or was in grief, unhappy, sorrowful, or sad, syn. كَيأِبَ. (K.) -
تَكَأَّدَنِى Form V It (a thing, or an affair,) was difficult to me
and ↓ تَكَآءَدَنِى It (a thing, or an affair,) was difficult to me; it distressed, troubled, fatigued, or wearied, me. (S, L, K.) ― -b2- تكأّد الشَّىْءَ He took, or imposed, upon himself, or undertook, the thing, in spite of difficulty, trouble or inconvenience; he constrained himself to do the thing, notwithstanding it was difficult, troublesome, or inconvenient, to him. (L, K.) You say تَكَأَّدْتُ الذَّهَابَ إِلَى فُلَانٍ, meaning, I [constrained myself to go, and] went to such a one, in spite of difficulty, trouble, or inconvenience. (AZ, L.) ― -b3- He endured the thing; struggled with, or against, it; contended with its difficulty, or severity; underwent difficulties, troubles, or inconveniences, in doing it; endured, or bore, its heat and severity; syn. كَابَدَهُ, and صَلِىَ بِهِ. (IAar, L, K.) -
تَكَاَّأَ Form VI Open entry
see 5. -
كَأْدَآءُ Difficulty
Difficulty. (IAar, L, K.) ― -b2- Grief; sorrow; mourning; syn. حُزْنٌ: so accord. to the K; but accord. to IAar [and the L] fear; syn. خَوْفٌ: (TA:) and caution: (IAar, L.) ― -b3- Injustice. (K.) ― -b4- A dark night. (IAar, L, K.) ― -b5- See also كَوأُودٌ. -
عَقَبَةٌ كَوأُودٌ A mountain-road difficult of ascent
, (S, L, K,) and ↓ كَأْدَآءُ, (L, K,) A mountain-road difficult of ascent. (S, L, K. *) Such a road is also termed [simply] كَأْدَآءُ, and صُعَدَآءُ: [in the K it is said, that كُوأَدَآءُ is syn. with صُعَدَآءُ:] and كَوأُودٌ [in like manner, as a subst.,] signifies. a difficult place of ascent: like صَعُودٌ. (L, TA.)
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