LEMMA

كَدْح

Appears 1 times in Quran

📖 Lane's Lexicon

Classical definitions for root كدح

[1] كَدَحَ , aor. كَدَحَ , (inf. n. كَدْحٌ, S,) He worked or wrought; laboured; employed himself actively; syn. سَعَى; (S, K;) and عَمِلَ: (S:) he wrought for himself good or evil: (K:) he was eager, and strove, laboured, or exerted himself, and wearied himself, in work, in the affairs relating to the present world and in those relating to the world to come: (Zj:) he toiled, or laboured hard. (S, K.) هُوَ يَكْدَحُ فِى كَذَا He toils, or labours hard, in such a thing, or affair. (S.) ― 2-b2- كَدَحَ لِعِيَالِهِ, and ↓ اكتدح, He sought, sought after, or sought to gain, sustenance; or he gained, acquired, or earned; for his family, or household; syn. كَسَبَ, (S, K,) or اكتسب. (L.) ＝ 1-A2- كَدَحَ وَجْهَهُ It (a thing, S) scratched, or lacerated, his face: (S, K:) or did to his face that which disfigured it, or rendered it ugly or unseemly: as also ↓ كدّحهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَكْدِيحٌ: (TA:) or كدّح, inf. n. تكديح, signifies it scratched, or lacerated, much, or many times, or in many places: (S:) also [so in the L; but in the K, or] كَدَحَ in the phrase كَدَحَ وَجْهَهُ signifies أَفْسَدَ; (K;) you say كَدَحَ وَجْهَ أَمْرِهِ, meaning he marred his affair. (L.) ― 2-b2- كَدَحَ رَأْسَهُ He separated his hair with a comb. (K.)

Derived Stems (37)

Derived Words (1)

Words derived from the lemma "كَدْح".

كَدْحًا

a hard labouring

Occurrences in Quran

Found 1 verses containing "كَدْح".

84:7

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِنَّكَ كَادِحٌ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ كَدْحًا فَمُلَٰقِيهِ

English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ^ra

Thou, O man, art verily labouring towards thy Lord, a hard labouring; then thou art going to meet Him.

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