💯 Miscellaneous Benefits from Yemen
14 February 2022 • 3.3K views
BENEFIT 80: AUTO-ANTONYMS (Adhdaad)
Cleave means, "to cut apart", but it can also mean, "to bind together". Words such as this; having multiple meanings of which one is the opposite of another, are known as auto-antonym.
In the Arabic language they are know as أَضْدَادٌ (sing. ضِدٌّ)
Here are 3 common examples:
1⃣. غَرِيمُ - Ghareem
Refers to a debtor (one who is in debt) or a creditor (one to whom money is due)
2⃣. بَاعَ - (baa'a (verb
To buy or sell
3⃣. مَوْلَى - Mawlaa
Refers to a slave or a slave-master
For more examples, refer to:
Al-Adhdaad by Al-Anbaari rahimahullah