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Quranic root

برد

b · r · d

The root centers on coolness as opposed to heat, with related branches of stillness or fixity, clothing, and movement or transmission.

From coolness, the lexicon develops meanings of relief and ease, sleep and stillness, settled or fixed states, hail and cold-bearing things, garments, and the movement of messengers along a route.

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Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

بَارِدٌ

bāridun

Part of speech
Active participle
Quran occurrences
2 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. Cool; having a low temperature or providing relief from heat.

    An adjective or substantivized participle applied to things such as water, shade, or air.

    • Lane · entry 36050
    • Mufradāt · row 111
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 38:42word 5

    cool

    Quran 56:44word 2

    cool

بَرَدٌ

baradun

Part of speech
Noun
Quran occurrences
1 occurrence

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. Hail: frozen rain or ice descending from clouds.

    A collective noun for hail or hailstones.

    • Lane · entry 36035
    • Mufradāt · row 111
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 24:43word 25

    (is) hail

بَرْدٌ

bardun

Part of speech
Noun
Quran occurrences
2 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. Coolness or cooling relief from heat.

    In 21:69 it denotes cooling or relief. One reported interpretation of 78:24 understands بَرْدًا as the coolness of a beverage rather than sleep.

    • Lane · entry 36033
    • Mufradāt · row 111
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 21:69word 4

    cool[ness]

  2. Sleep.

    In 78:24, بَرْدًا is explained as sleep, understood as a state of bodily cooling or stillness.

    • Lane · entry 36033
    • Mufradāt · row 111
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 78:24word 4

    coolness

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 21:69بَرْدًۭاcool[ness]
  • 24:43بَرَدٍۢ(is) hail
  • 38:42بَارِدٌۭcool
  • 56:44بَارِدٍۢcool
  • 78:24بَرْدًۭاcoolness
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Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 79 Classical meanings
  • بَرُدَ

    To become cold, chill, or cool; for a thing's heat to subside.

    An intransitive Form I verb, including the use of water or other things that become cool.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرُدَ

    To go on a journey.

    A figurative use, literally describing a place of sleep or rest becoming cold.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To die.

    A figurative extension from the extinction of bodily heat or motion.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To become still, quiet, or motionless; to become easy or assuaged.

    Applied to people, beverages, pains, or affairs according to context.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To sleep.

    A figurative use associated with cooling and stillness.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To remain, become permanent, or become fixed and settled.

    Also used of death becoming fixed upon a person or its signs becoming apparent.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To become established as incumbent, owed, or due.

    Used of a right, obligation, or sum fixed against someone.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To become weak, languid, lean, or emaciated.

    Includes weakness from hunger, fatigue, disease, or loss of bodily substance.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To become blunt.

    Applied especially to a sword or similar cutting instrument.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَهُ

    To make or render something cold or cool.

    Applied to water, a heart, an eye, or other objects; the derived Form II may express intensification. It can also mean mixing something with snow.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَهُ

    To relieve, ease, or lessen a burden, discomfort, or punishment.

    Includes figurative uses such as relieving an animal from riding or alleviating punishment.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ الخُبْزَ

    To moisten bread by pouring water over it.

    The water is understood to be cold or cooling.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To file or rasp iron and similar material.

    The action is performed with a مِبْرَد, a file.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَدَ

    To send someone as a post messenger.

    A derived use connected with a بَرِيد, a messenger or post conveyance.

    • Lane · entry 36027
  • بَرَّدَ

    To make an obligation incumbent or established against someone.

    A figurative Form II use of fixing or settling a due.

    • Lane · entry 36028
  • بَرَّدَ

    To weaken or render weak and languid.

    A Form II causative or intensive use.

    • Lane · entry 36028
  • بَرَّدَ

    For a locust to spread its wings.

    A specialized lexical use referring to the locust's بُرْدَان, or wings.

    • Lane · entry 36028
  • أَبْرَدَ

    To enter a cool period or wait until the heat has abated.

    Used of entering the cooler part of the day or season and of delaying food or the noon prayer until then.

    • Lane · entry 36029
  • أَبْرَدَ

    To give someone a cold or cool drink.

    A Form IV construction with a recipient.

    • Lane · entry 36029
  • أَبْرَدَ

    To bring something cold or cool.

    A Form IV transitive use.

    • Lane · entry 36029
  • تَبَرَّدَ

    To cool oneself by entering water and washing in it.

    The action is undertaken for refreshment through contact with coolness.

    • Lane · entry 36030
  • تَبَرَّدَ

    To become weak.

    An attributed or specialized figurative use of Form V.

    • Lane · entry 36030
  • اِبْتَرَدَ

    To cool oneself with cold water; to wash, drink, or pour water over oneself for cooling.

    The construction may focus on washing, drinking to cool the liver, or pouring water over the head.

    • Lane · entry 36031
  • اِسْتَبْرَدَ عَلَيْهِ لِسَانَهُ

    To use one's tongue against someone like a file: to annoy, hurt, or revile him.

    A figurative Form X construction.

    • Lane · entry 36032
  • بَرْدٌ

    Pleasantness, enjoyment, ease, or comfort.

    A figurative extension from the relief provided by coolness.

    • Lane · entry 36033
  • بَرْدٌ

    Saliva.

    A rare attributed lexical use.

    • Lane · entry 36033
  • بُرْدٌ

    A garment or striped woollen wrap worn around the body.

    The word may denote the garment collectively or an individual garment; several traditional varieties are named.

    • Lane · entry 36034
  • ذُو بُرْدٍ

    A rich man.

    An idiomatic expression, literally referring to possession of a garment.

    • Lane · entry 36034
  • قَدُّ بُرُودٍ

    A severe dispute or vehement altercation in which garments are figuratively rent.

    An idiomatic expression for arriving at a grave or intense state of affairs.

    • Lane · entry 36034
  • فِي بُرْدَةٍ

    To act alike, agree, or become closely united.

    An idiomatic comparison to being in one garment.

    • Lane · entry 36034
  • بُرْدٌ

    To deprive wine of its colour.

    A figurative or specialized use in the expression سَلَبَ الصَّهْبَاءَ.

    • Lane · entry 36034
  • بُرْدَا الجَرَادِ

    The two wings of a locust or grasshopper.

    A dual lexical expression.

    • Lane · entry 36034
  • بُرْدَةُ الضَّأْنِ

    A particular kind of sheep's milk.

    A specialized traditional term.

    • Lane · entry 36034
  • بَرِدٌ

    Possessing coldness; applied especially to a cold plant or to clouds containing hail and cold.

    A specialized adjective distinct in form from بَارِدٌ.

    • Lane · entry 36036
  • بَرْدَةٌ

    Purely or exclusively belonging to someone.

    Used in the idiom هِيَ لَكَ بَرْدَةَ نَفْسَهَا.

    • Lane · entry 36037
  • بَرْدَةٌ

    Known or familiar to someone.

    Used in the idiom بَرْدَةَ يَمِينِي or its variant.

    • Lane · entry 36037
  • بَرْدَةُ

    A proper name for a ewe.

    A specialized proper-name use.

    • Lane · entry 36037
  • بَرَدَةٌ

    Indigestion or a stomach disorder caused by unsuitable food.

    Also understood as heaviness of food in the stomach; the term is associated with the stomach becoming cold.

    • Lane · entry 36039
  • بَرَدَةٌ

    The middle of the eye.

    A separate anatomical noun.

    • Lane · entry 36039
  • بُرَدَاءُ

    An ague or fever accompanied by a cold fit or shivering.

    A medical term.

    • Lane · entry 36040
  • بَرْدِيٌّ

    Papyrus, a plant used for paper, mats, ropes, sails, and similar products.

    A collective plant noun with a corresponding unit noun.

    • Lane · entry 36041
  • بَرْدِيٌّ

    Papyrus-like or belonging to papyrus.

    A relational adjective, as in a shank compared to a papyrus stalk.

    • Lane · entry 36041
  • بُرْدِيٌّ

    An excellent variety of dates.

    A specialized name for a date variety, distinct from بَرْدِيٌّ ‘papyrus’.

    • Lane · entry 36042
  • بَرْدَانٌ

    Feeling cold, chilly, or cool.

    Reported as possibly post-classical and not found in all lexicons.

    • Lane · entry 36043
  • بُرَادٌ

    Weakness of the legs caused by hunger or fatigue.

    A specialized nominal use.

    • Lane · entry 36044
  • بَرُودٌ

    A beverage that cools the heat of thirst.

    A substantive adjective or noun for a cooling drink.

    • Lane · entry 36045
  • بَرُودٌ

    Bread moistened with cold water.

    A food preparation in which water is poured over the bread.

    • Lane · entry 36045
  • بَرُودٌ

    Cold water poured over the head.

    A substantive use describing the cooling water itself.

    • Lane · entry 36045
  • بَرُودٌ

    Anything used to make something cold or cool.

    A general substantive use, including a cooling substance or instrument.

    • Lane · entry 36045
  • بَرُودٌ

    A collyrium that cools the eye.

    A specialized ophthalmic preparation.

    • Lane · entry 36045
  • بَرُودُ الظِّلِّ

    Pleasant in social intercourse.

    Applied to either a male or a female in an idiomatic expression.

    • Lane · entry 36045
  • ثَوْبٌ بَرُودٌ

    A garment without nap, or one that is neither warm nor soft.

    A specialized description of fabric.

    • Lane · entry 36045
  • بَرِيدٌ

    A mule, horse, or other animal assigned to carry messengers.

    The term first denotes the post conveyance and is extended to the animals used for it.

    • Lane · entry 36046
  • بَرِيدٌ

    A messenger, especially one travelling by the post.

    It may denote a messenger borne on a post animal or a messenger more generally.

    • Lane · entry 36046
  • بَرِيدٌ

    A post station or the distance between two such stations.

    Traditional measures vary in the reports, including six or twelve miles.

    • Lane · entry 36046
  • بَرِيدٌ

    The course or pace of a camel over a post distance.

    A specialized poetic use.

    • Lane · entry 36046
  • بُرَادَةٌ

    Filings or particles falling from iron and similar material when filed.

    The product of filing.

    • Lane · entry 36047
  • بَرَّادَةٌ

    A vessel or stand used to cool water.

    The word's classical status is reported as uncertain or possibly post-classical.

    • Lane · entry 36049
  • بَارِدٌ

    Loved, liked, or approved; hence easy and pleasant.

    A figurative adjective, as in an easy or pleasant life.

    • Lane · entry 36050
  • بَارِدٌ

    Constant, continual, permanent, or settled.

    A figurative use, including the expression for a hot wind that continues without abatement.

    • Lane · entry 36050
  • بَارِدٌ

    Incumbent, established, owed, or due.

    Applied to a sum or right fixed against someone.

    • Lane · entry 36050
  • بَارِدٌ

    Lean or emaciated.

    Used of a person whose body has become thin or wasted.

    • Lane · entry 36050
  • بَارِدٌ

    Blunt.

    Applied to a sword or similar implement.

    • Lane · entry 36050
  • بَارِدٌ

    Sharp, cutting, or slaying.

    A contrary specialized use applied to swords, especially in the plural بَوَارِد.

    • Lane · entry 36050
  • بَارِدَةٌ

    Gain acquired without fatigue, including easy profit from a transaction.

    A figurative use; the lexical evidence does not restrict it to any particular object or social class.

    • Lane · entry 36051
  • أَبْرَدُ

    Colder, chillier, or cooler.

    A comparative or superlative adjective.

    • Lane · entry 36052
  • الأَبْرَدَانِ

    The cool parts of the day: morning and evening, or their associated shades.

    A dual expression named for the coolness of those periods.

    • Lane · entry 36052
  • أَبْرَدُ

    A bull marked with patches of white and black.

    A specialized descriptive noun or adjective.

    • Lane · entry 36052
  • أَبْرَدُ

    The leopard.

    A specialized animal name with a feminine form and plural.

    • Lane · entry 36052
  • إِبْرَدَةُ

    A cold-related abdominal disorder causing languor or urinary dripping and impairing sexual intercourse.

    A specialized medical term associated with coldness and dampness inside the body.

    • Lane · entry 36053
  • إِبْرَدَةُ

    The coldness of damp earth or rain.

    A specialized environmental noun, distinct from ordinary coldness.

    • Lane · entry 36053
  • مُبْرِدٌ

    Arriving or acting when the heat has abated.

    An active participle of Form IV.

    • Lane · entry 36055
  • مُبْرِدٌ

    One who sends a post messenger.

    An active participle connected with بَرِيد.

    • Lane · entry 36055
  • مِبْرَدٌ

    A file or rasping instrument.

    A tool for filing iron and similar materials.

    • Lane · entry 36056
  • مِبْرَدٌ

    A tongue used like a file to annoy, hurt, or revile someone.

    A figurative expression based on the filing instrument.

    • Lane · entry 36056
  • مَبْرَدَةٌ

    A cause or source of coldness or coolness.

    Applied to something that cools the body or provides seasonal relief.

    • Lane · entry 36057
  • مَبْرُودٌ

    Made or rendered cold, chill, or cool.

    A passive participial form, including water cooled or mixed with snow.

    • Lane · entry 36059
  • شَجَرَةٌ مَبْرُودَةٌ

    A tree deprived of its leaves by cold.

    A specialized passive-participial description of cold damage.

    • Lane · entry 36059
  • أَرْضٌ مَبْرُودَةٌ

    Land upon which hail or snow has fallen.

    A specialized passive-participial description of weather exposure.

    • Lane · entry 36059

Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • The Qur'anic form بَرْدٌ in 78:24 has two reported interpretations in the supplied lexical evidence: sleep and the coolness of a beverage; both are retained under the form.

  • The three displayed forms are distinguished by their vocalized lexical identities: بَارِدٌ, بَرَدٌ, and بَرْدٌ.

  • The Lane citation attached to the sleep interpretation is an internal classical reference to the Qur'anic passage and has not been converted into a modern verse location without QAC support.