وَحْدٌ
Root: وحد
Full Definition
2 رَأَيْتُهُ وَحْدَهُ I saw him alone. وحد is here an Verbal.Noun, having no dual nor pl. The Koofees hold it to be in the acc. case as an adv. n. of place: the Basrees, as an Verbal.Noun, in every instance; as though thou saidst أَوْحَدْتُهُ بِرُؤْيَتِى إِبحَادًا, meaning “ I saw none save him, ” and then substituted وحده: or, as Abu-l-'Abbás says, it may mean the man's being himself alone; as though thou saidst رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا مُنْفَرِدًا اِنْفِرَادًا, and then substituted وحده. Or it is in the acc. case as a denotative of state accord. to the Basrees [and the grammarians in general]; not as an Verbal.Noun, J being in error in what he says on this matter: the Basrees hold it to be a noun occupying the place of an Verbal.Noun in the acc. case as a denotative of state; like جَآءَ زَيْدٌ رَكْضًا, meaning رَاكِضًا: excepting some of them, as Yoo, who holds it to be in the acc. case as an adv. n. of place, for عَلَى وَحْدِهِ, like عِنْدَهُ: and there is a third opinion, that of Hishám; that it is in the acc. case as an Verbal.Noun Or, it is a noun used as a noun absolutely: so in the dial. of the Benoo-Temeem: you say جَلَسَ وَحْدَهُ, and عَلَى وَحْدِهِ, and جَلَسَا عَلَى وَحْدِ هِمَا, and وَحْدَيْهِمَا, and جَلَسُوا عَلَى وَحْدِهِمْ, [He sat alone, and they two sat alone, and they sat alone]. When not preceded by a prefixed n. [or a prep.], it is always in the acc. case: you say, لَا إِلَاَه إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ وَحْدَهُ [There is no deity but God alone]: and مَرَرْتُ بِزَيْدٍ وَحْدَهُ [I passed by Zeyd alone]: [excepting in a few cases, such as the phrases] قُلْنَا هٰذَا الأَمْرَ وَحْدَيْنَا [We two alone said this thing], and قَالَتَاهُ وَحْدَيْهُمَا [They two women alone said it]; mentioned by AZ. You say also, هٰذَا عَلَى وَحْدِهِ, and عَلَى , This is by itself; and هُمَا عَلَى حِدَتِهِمَا They two are by themselves: and هُمْ عَلَى حِدَتِهِمْ They are by themselves: and أَعْطِ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مَنْهُمْ عَلَى حِدَتِهِ Give thou to every one of them by himself; syn. على حِيَالِهِ. The ة in حِدَةٌ is a substitute for the و which is cut off from the beginning.
3 وَحْدٌ, or وَحَدٌ , A wild animal alone, by itself, or apart from others.
4 وَحَدٌ, or وَحَدٌ , A man whose lineage and origin are unknown.
5 وَحْد is used as the complement of a prefixed n. only in the following phrases: هُوَ نَسِيجُ وَحْدِهِ, which is an expression of praise; meaning,
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