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عشز

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes difficulty, hardness, and a peculiar gait. It relates to challenging paths, rugged terrain, and individuals or animals that are strong, stout, or walk with a stiff, uneven stride.

Derived headwords

عَشَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a stiff gaitboth

    To walk with a gait resembling that of someone with a leg impediment or a stiff, uneven stride.

عَشَزَانadjective
  1. 1.
    stiff-gaitedclassical

    Describing a person who walks with a stiff, uneven, or impeded gait.

عُشُوزnoun
  1. 1.
    difficult pathclassical

    A path or route that is hard to traverse, steep, or rugged.

  2. 2.
    rugged terrainclassical

    Land or terrain that is difficult to navigate due to its hardness or unevenness.

عَشَاوِزnoun
  1. 1.
    rugged placesclassical

    Plural form referring to difficult, rugged, or impassable places or terrains.

عَشَوْزَنnoun
  1. 1.
    difficult terrainclassical

    Places or terrains that are hard to traverse or navigate.

عَشَوْزَنadjective
  1. 1.
    strong of buildclassical

    Describing a person or animal that is strong, stout, or powerfully built.

عَشَوْزَنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    hard and strongclassical

    Describing something, like a spear shaft or a canal, as being hard, strong, and rigid.

عُشُوزadjective
  1. 1.
    strong and stoutclassical

    Describing a person or animal as being strong, stout, and thick-set.

Parallel reading

عشز الرجل يعشز عشزانا: مشى مشية المقطوع الرجل
The man walked with a stiff gait, he walks with a stiff gait, a stiff gait: he walked the gait of a man with a severed leg.
وهو العشزان
And he is the one with the stiff gait.
والعشوز: ما صلب مسلكه من طريق أو أرض
And al-'ushūz: what is hard in its path, whether a road or land.
المقفرات العشاوز
The desolate, rugged places.
تدق شهب طلحه العشاوز
The white stones of Talhah crush the rugged places.
والعشوزن: ما صعب مسلكه من الأماكن
And al-'ushūzūn: what is difficult in its path among places.
أخذك بالميسور والعشوزن
Your taking what is easy and what is difficult.
والعشوزن: الشديد الخلق العظيم من الناس والإبل
And al-'ushūzūn: the strong of creation, the great among people and camels.
وقناة عشوزنة: صلبة
And a canal ('qanāh') that is 'ushūznah: hard.
والعشوز والعشوز: الشديد الخلق الغليظ
And al-'ushūz and al-'ushūz: the strong of creation, the stout.