enmity

15 occurrences across 4 Arabic/Persian roots

ب- غ- ض

(b-gh-ḍ) — hatred; hatred, enmity; enmity

“enmity” accounts for 8 of 63 occurrences of this root (13%)

Forms seen

بغضا ×5 بغضاء ×2 البغضآء ×1

Translation spectrum for this root

hate 29% hatred 22% enmity 13% malice 5% animosity 5% rancour 3% malicious 3% hater 3% thine enemy 2% thee 2% perverse hater 2% one who would hate us 2% ill-wisher 2% ill-will against thee 2% him whom i abhor 2% feelings of animosity 2% enmity and hatred 2% cruelty 2% bitter rancour 2%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §164: بغضاء: enmity gleaningsGWB §293: البغضآء: enmity kitab-i-ahdAhd §14: بغضا: enmity will-and-testamentW&T §52: بغضا: enmity epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §180: بغضا: enmity gleaningsGWB §436: بغضا: enmity kitab-i-ahdAhd §3: بغضا: enmity epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §63: بغضاء: enmity

ع- د- و

(ʿ-d-w) — enemy; enemies; enmity

“enmity” accounts for 4 of 121 occurrences of this root (3%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

enemy 33% thine enemy 21% thine adversary 10% mine enemy 4% foe 4% enmity 3% transgressor 2% adversary 2% aggressor 2% whatsoever else 1% violence 1% utterly incapable 1% utmost enmity 1% undeserving 1% transgress 1% them that are against thee 1% prepared 1% opponent 1% mine adversary 1% hostility 1% him who was of his enemy 1% hate 1% hands of his enemy 1% foemen 1% excess 1% cruelty 1% common foe 1% challenge 1% capacity 1% among thine enemy 1%

Examples

kitab-i-ahdAhd §5: عداوت: enmity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: عداوت: enmity will-and-testamentW&T §54: عداوت: enmity kitab-i-iqanKIQ §271: عداوت: enmity

د- ش- م- ن

(d-sh-m-n) — enemy; enmity

“enmity” accounts for 2 of 5 occurrences of this root (40%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

enemy 60% enmity 40%

Examples

will-and-testamentW&T §24: دشمنی: enmity will-and-testamentW&T §24: دشمنی: enmity

ض- غ- ن

(ḍ-gh-n) — rancor; hatred; malice

“enmity” accounts for 1 of 11 occurrences of this root (9%)

Forms seen

Translation spectrum for this root

hatred 36% hate 36% fanaticism 9% enmity 9% animosity 9%

Examples

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §14: ضغينه: of enmity

See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots:

enemy (43) hate (22) hatred (18) thine enemy (26) thine adversary (12) mine enemy (5) foe (5) malice (3) animosity (3) transgressor (3) adversary (3) rancour (2) malicious (2) hater (2) aggressor (2)