Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَحْدَةٌ

Root: وحد

Full Definition

وَحْدَةٌ The state of being alone, or apart from others; solitariness; solitude. See 1.
2 وَحْدَةُ القَبْرِ [The solitude of the grave].
3 [لَيْلَةُ الوَحْدَةِ The night of solitude; the first night after burial: so called because the soul is believed to remain in the grave during this night, and then to depart to the place appointed for the residence of good souls until the last day, or to the appointed prison in which wicked souls await their final doom. See also لَيْلَةٌ الوَحْشَةِ.]


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