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دُود
worms /duːd/
nounB1#2448 most common
Also: grubs, maggots
Example sentences
فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ دُودٌ كَثِيرٌ.
There are many worms in the garden.
رَأَيْتُ دُودًا عَلَى الأَرْضِ بَعْدَ الْمَطَرِ.
I saw worms on the ground after the rain.
أَكَلَ الدُّودُ التُّفَّاحَةَ الَّتِي تَرَكْتُهَا عَلَى الطَّاوِلَةِ.
The worms ate the apple I left on the table.
يَتَغَذَّى دُودُ الْقَزِّ عَلَى أَوْرَاقِ التُّوتِ لِيُنْتِجَ الْحَرِيرَ.
Silkworms feed on mulberry leaves to produce silk.
يُضْرَبُ الْمَثَلُ بِالدُّودِ الَّذِي يَأْكُلُ الْخَشَبَ الْقَدِيمَ لِوَصْفِ شَيْءٍ بَالٍ مِنَ الدَّاخِلِ.
The saying about worms eating old wood is used to describe something rotten on the inside.
وَرَدَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ الأَرْضَ لَا تَأْكُلُ أَجْسَادَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ كَمَا يَأْكُلُ الدُّودُ سَائِرَ الْمَوْتَى.
It is stated in a hadith that the earth does not consume the bodies of prophets the way worms consume other dead.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دُودَةٌ | دُودٌ |
| Genitive | دُودَةٍ | دُودٍ |
| Accusative | دُودَةً | دُوداً |
| Vocative | يَا دُودَةُ | يَا دُودُ |
Word family
دودةa single worm
دوّدto become infested with worms
مُدَوِّدworm-eaten, infested with worms
دوديvermiform, worm-like
دود القزsilkworm(s)
Etymology
دُود comes from the triliteral Semitic root د-و-د (d-w-d), which denotes worms or creeping vermin. Classical Arabic treats it as a collective noun: دُود names the class of worms as a group, while دُودَة is the singulative, naming one worm. This split between a collective form and a singulative form is a regular feature of Arabic noun morphology, seen in words like شَجَر (trees) versus شَجَرَة (a tree).
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