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مغس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sharp, cutting pain, particularly in the abdomen. It also extends to the act of piercing or stabbing, and metaphorically to a mixture or confusion of elements.

Derived headwords

المَغْسnoun
  1. 1.
    abdominal painboth

    A type of pain and cramping that affects the abdomen.

مَغَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to have abdominal painboth

    To experience sharp, cramping pain in the abdomen.

مَغَسَنيverb
  1. 1.
    my abdomen hurt meclassical

    My abdomen experienced pain and cramping.

مَغَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to stabclassical

    To pierce someone with a spear or similar weapon.

اِمْتَغَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to be mixedclassical

    To become mixed or confused, particularly referring to the head being split into white and black.

مَغْوَسadjective
  1. 1.
    mixedclassical

    Describing an abdomen that is mixed or confused, likely in a figurative sense related to pain or distress.

Parallel reading

المغس: لغة في المغص، وهو وجع وتقطيع يأخذ في البطن
Al-maghs: A dialectal variant of al-maghs, which is pain and cramping that affects the abdomen.
وقد مغسني بطني
And my abdomen hurt me.
ومغسه بالرمح مغسا: طعنه
And he stabbed him with the spear, a stabbing: he pierced him.
وامغس رأسه بنصفين من بياض وسواد: اختلط
And his head was mixed into two halves of white and black: it became mixed.
وبطن مغوس
And a mixed abdomen.