وشر

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of sawing or cutting, particularly wood, and by extension, to the cosmetic modification of teeth. It also encompasses the tool used for this purpose.

Derived headwords

وَشَرَverb

1.
to sawboth
To cut wood with a saw.

وَشْرًاnoun

1.
sawingboth
The act of sawing wood.

المِئْشَارnoun

1.
sawboth
The tool used for sawing wood.

الأَشْرnoun

1.
sawingclassical
A variant or synonym for the act of sawing.

الْوَشْرnoun

1.
cosmetic tooth filingclassical
The act of sharpening and thinning a woman's teeth.
2.
sawingclassical
A variant or synonym for the act of sawing.

الْوَاشِرَةnoun

1.
cosmetic tooth filerclassical
A woman who sharpens and thins her teeth cosmetically, often to appear younger.

الْمُوتَشِرَةnoun

1.
one who causes tooth filingclassical
A woman who orders or arranges for her teeth to be filed cosmetically.

Parallel reading

وشر الخشبة وشرا بالميشار، غير مهموز: نشرها، لغة في أشرها.

He sawed the wood with a saw, not hamzated: he cut it, a variant of 'asharaha.

والمئشار: ما وشرت به.

And the saw: is what you sawed with.

والوشر: لغة في الأشر.

And al-washr: is a variant of al-ashr.

والوشر أن تحدد المرأة أسنانها وترققها.

And al-washr is for a woman to sharpen her teeth and thin them.

لعن الله الواشرة والموتشرة

May Allah curse the cosmetic tooth filer and the one who causes it to be done.

الواشرة: المرأة التي تحدد أسنانها وترقق أطرافها، تفعله المرأة الكبيرة تتشبه بالشواب

The cosmetic tooth filer: is the woman who sharpens her teeth and thins their edges, an older woman does this to resemble young women.

والموتشرة: التي تأمر من يفعل بها ذلك

And the one who causes it to be done: is she who orders someone to do that to her.

وكأنه من وشرت الخشبة بالميشار، غير مهموز، لغة في أشرت.

And it is as if it is from 'washara the wood with the saw', not hamzated, a variant of 'asharta'.