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شوص

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

شَوْصُ السِّوَاكِ ذ The washings (غُسَالَة) of the toothstick: or what remains from the tooth-stick when one cleans his teeth with it: each of these meanings is assigned to it in explanations of a trad.: اِسْتَغْنُوا عَنِ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ بِشَوْصِ السِّوَاكِ [ Be ye independent of other men, if it be only by means of possessing the washings, &c., of the tooth-stick: i. e., as long ye possess anything]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

شَوْصُ السِّوَاكِ
  1. 1.
اِسْتَغْنُوا عَنِ النَّاسِ وَلَوْ بِشَوْصِ السِّوَاكِ