وَدْي
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Highlights
Plural
أَوْدِيَة
Other plural
وُدْيَان
Most common words from the same root
وَادٍ in English
Noun · masculine
- valley
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 […]609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:17
- river bed, ravine, gorge, wadi
Word origin
Derived from the active participle of وَدَى (wadā, “to whip out for discharge”).
Words from the root و-د-ي
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
وَدَى
· present يَدِي
Form I · The plain action
to let come up, to bring near; to protrude, to whip out for discharge; to give bloodwite (دِيَة (diya)) to
وَدَّى
· present يُوَدِّي
Form II · Causative or intensive
to take (something or someone somewhere); to bring (something or someone to a location)
تَوْدِيَة
مُوَدٍّ
مُوَدًّى
أَوْدَى
· present يُودِي
Form IV · Causative
to end the life, to cut off the life
إِيدَاء
مُودٍ
مُودًى
دِيَة
bloodwite
وَادٍ: plural and other forms
| Singular | وَادٍ |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَوْدِيَة |
| Alternative plurals | وُدْيَان |
وَادٍ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
valley
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 […]609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:17
From a fully vowelled text
وَلُودٍ وَأُونُوَ وَادِي الصُّنَّاعِ.Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.Nehemiah 11:35, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
مِنْ هُنَاكَ ارْتَحَلُوا وَنَزَلُوا فِي وَادِي زَارَدَ.From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.Numbers 21:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَجَاءَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيُّونَ وَانْتَشَرُوا فِي وَادِي الرَّفَائِيِّينَ.The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.2 Samuel 5:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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