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حشء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of striking, piercing, or penetrating, often with a weapon like a spear or arrow. It extends to the idea of entering deeply into something, and metaphorically, to sexual intercourse. It also encompasses related nouns for garments and body parts.

Derived headwords

حشأverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike someone with a stick on their sides and belly.

  2. 2.
    to pierceboth

    To shoot someone with an arrow, causing it to penetrate their core.

  3. 3.
    to penetrateclassical

    To insert something deeply into the body, specifically the core or vital organs.

  4. 4.
    to coverclassical

    To cover or approach something, specifically used in relation to fire or a woman.

  5. 5.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

  6. 6.
    to igniteclassical

    To ignite or kindle a fire.

حشأه بالعصاverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with a stickboth

    To strike someone with a stick on their sides and belly.

يحشؤهverb
  1. 1.
    to pierce himboth

    To shoot him with an arrow, causing it to penetrate his core.

حشأه بسهمverb
  1. 1.
    to shoot him with an arrowboth

    To shoot someone with an arrow, causing it to penetrate their core.

لأحشأنكverb
  1. 1.
    I will pierce youboth

    I will pierce you with a broad-headed arrow.

حشأتهverb
  1. 1.
    I pierced itclassical

    I inserted it into its core.

حشيتهverb
  1. 1.
    I hit its coreclassical

    I struck its core or vital part.

حشأت النارverb
  1. 1.
    to cover the fireclassical

    To cover or approach the fire.

حشأت المرأةverb
  1. 1.
    to cover the womanclassical

    To cover or approach a woman.

يحشؤهاverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourse with herclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

المحشاءnoun
  1. 1.
    loinclothclassical

    A small white garment worn as a loincloth.

المحشأnoun
  1. 1.
    loinclothclassical

    A thick garment or wrapper worn as a loincloth.

المحاشئnoun
  1. 1.
    loinclothsclassical

    Plural of المحشاء/المحشأ, referring to loincloths or wrappers.

Parallel reading

حشأه بالعصا حشأ: ضرب بها جنبيه وبطنه.
He struck him with a stick, meaning he hit his sides and belly.
وحشأه بسهم يحشؤه حشأ: رماه فأصاب به جوفه
And he shot him with an arrow, piercing him, meaning he threw it and it hit his core.
فلأحشأنك مشقصا
So I will pierce you with a broad-headed arrow.
حشأته سهما وحشوته
I pierced him with an arrow and filled him with it.
حشأته إذا أدخلته جوفه
I pierced it when I inserted it into its core.
وإذا أصبت حشاه قلت: حشيته.
And if you hit its core, you say: I hit it.
حشأت النار إذا غشيتها
He said: 'He covered the fire' if he approached it.
وصوابه: حشأت المرأة إذا غشيتها
And its correction is: He covered the woman if he approached her.
وحشأ المرأة يحشؤها حشأ: نكحها.
And he had intercourse with the woman, meaning he had sexual intercourse with her.
وحشأ النار: أوقدها.
And he ignited the fire: meaning he kindled it.
والمحشاء والمحشأ: كساء أبيض صغير يتخذونه مئزرا
And the loincloth and the loincloth: a small white garment they take as a loincloth.
وقيل هو كساء أو إزار غليظ يشتمل به، والجمع المحاشئ
And it was said it is a thick garment or wrapper one wraps oneself with, and the plural is loincloths.
ينفض، بالمشافر الهدالق، ... نفضك بالمحاشئ المحالق
Shaking, with the dangling lips, ... your shaking with the hair-removing loincloths.