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جمش

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

The root جمش (jamasha) primarily relates to subtle, hidden, or faint sounds and actions. It extends to meanings of gentle or playful physical contact like pinching or teasing, and also to the act of shaving or hair removal, particularly with depilatory substances. The root can also describe barren land or a destructive drought.

Derived headwords

الجَمْشnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    Refers to a subtle or faint sound, often one that is barely audible.

  2. 2.
    depilationclassical

    The act of shaving or removing hair, especially using a depilatory substance like 'nura'.

  3. 3.
    flirtationclassical

    A form of playful interaction or flirtation, involving pinching and teasing.

  4. 4.
    barrennessclassical

    Describing a place devoid of vegetation, like a barren desert.

جمشverb
  1. 1.
    to pinchclassical

    To pinch or playfully tease someone, often in the context of flirtation.

  2. 2.
    to shaveclassical

    To shave hair, particularly with a depilatory substance.

  3. 3.
    to burnclassical

    To burn or scorch the body.

جمشهاverb
  1. 1.
    to pinch herclassical

    To pinch or playfully tease a female.

يجمشهاverb
  1. 1.
    he pinches herclassical

    He pinches or playfully teases a female.

يجمشهverb
  1. 1.
    he shaves itclassical

    He shaves hair, referring to the hair being shaved.

جمشهverb
  1. 1.
    he shaved itclassical

    He shaved hair, referring to the hair being shaved.

جمشهاverb
  1. 1.
    he shaved it (fem.)classical

    He shaved hair, referring to female hair or a feminine noun.

جمشnoun
  1. 1.
    depilationclassical

    The act of shaving hair, especially with a depilatory.

جمشnoun
  1. 1.
    burningclassical

    The act of burning or scorching.

جمشnoun
  1. 1.
    flirtationclassical

    Playful interaction involving pinching and teasing.

جمشnoun
  1. 1.
    barren landclassical

    A place without vegetation.

جمشnoun
  1. 1.
    droughtclassical

    A year of drought that scorches vegetation.

جمشهاverb
  1. 1.
    he burned itclassical

    He burned or scorched the body.

جميشadjective
  1. 1.
    shavedclassical

    Having had hair removed, especially by depilation.

  2. 2.
    scorchedclassical

    Burned or scorched, referring to vegetation or skin.

  3. 3.
    barrenclassical

    Lacking vegetation, like a desert.

جميشnoun
  1. 1.
    barren placeclassical

    A place without plants, like a desert.

جموشadjective
  1. 1.
    scorchingclassical

    Describing a drought that scorches vegetation.

  2. 2.
    shavedclassical

    Having had hair removed, particularly by depilation.

جموشnoun
  1. 1.
    droughtclassical

    A year of drought that scorches plants.

جمشهverb
  1. 1.
    he shaved himclassical

    He shaved the hair of a male person.

جمشهverb
  1. 1.
    he burned himclassical

    He burned or scorched a male person.

جميشnoun
  1. 1.
    shaved bodyclassical

    A body that has been shaved, particularly of hair.

جَمَّاشadjective
  1. 1.
    seekingclassical

    One who seeks or pursues, particularly in a persistent manner.

تجميشnoun
  1. 1.
    flirtationclassical

    The act of engaging in playful conversation and teasing, considered a form of flirtation.

جميشnoun
  1. 1.
    base of a wellclassical

    The material placed beneath the well bucket or pulley system in a well.

جمشverb
  1. 1.
    to place base materialclassical

    To place material under the bucket or pulley in a well.

يجمشverb
  1. 1.
    he places base materialclassical

    He places material under the bucket or pulley in a well.

Parallel reading

لا يسمع فلان أذنا جمشا يعني أدنى صوت
So-and-so does not hear a 'jamsha' ear, meaning the slightest sound.
يقال للذي لا يقبل نصحا ولا رشدا، ويقال للمتغابي المتصام عنك وعما يلزمه
It is said of one who does not accept advice or guidance, and it is said of one who feigns ignorance and turns away from you and what is incumbent upon him.
هذا من الجمش وهو الصوت الخفي
This is from 'al-jamsh', which is the hidden sound.
والجمش: ضرب من الحلب لجمشها بأطراف الأصابع
And 'al-jamsh': a type of milking by pinching with the fingertips.
وقد جمشه وهو يجمشها أي يقرصها ويلاعبها
And he 'jamashaha' (pinched her), and he 'yajmashuha' (pinches her), meaning he pinches her and plays with her.
قيل للمغازلة تجميش من الجمش، وهو الكلام الخفي
Flirtation was called 'tajmīsh' from 'al-jamsh', which is hidden speech.
والجمش: حلق النورة
And 'al-jamsh': shaving with 'nura' (depilatory).
جمش شعره يجمشه ويجمشه: حلقه
'Jamasha' his hair, 'yajmashuhu' and 'yajmashuhu': he shaved it.
جمشت النورة الشعر جمشا: حلقته
The 'nura' (depilatory) 'jamashat' (shaved) the hair with 'jamshan' (depilation).
وجمشت جسمه: أحرقته
And 'jamashat' his body: she burned it.
ركب جميش: محلوق
A 'jamīsh' body: shaved.
أبرده أحمى من التنور، أحمى موقده
Its coolness is hotter than the oven, hotter than its hearth.
إذا ما أقبلت أحوى جميشا
When she approaches, dark and shaved.
ابن الأعرابي: قيل للرجل جماش لأنه يطلب الركب الجميش
Ibn al-A'rabi said: A man is called 'jammāsh' because he seeks the shaved mounts.
وفي الحديث: بخبت الجميش
And in the Hadith: 'in the barren expanse of al-Jamīsh'.
وإنما قيل له جميش لأنه لا نبات فيه كأنه حليق
It was only called 'jamīsh' because there is no vegetation in it, as if it were shaved.
سنة جموش: تحرق النبات
A 'jamūsh' year: it scorches the plants.
أو كاحتلاق النورة الجموش
Or like the shaving of the 'jamūsh' nura (depilatory).
الجماش ما يجعل تحت الطي والجال في القليب إذا طويت بالحجارة
'Al-jammāsh' is what is placed under the bucket and the pulley in the well when it is lined with stones.
إن لقيتها نعجة تحمل شفرة وزنادا بخبت الجميش فلا تهجها
If you find it a ewe carrying a knife and a fire-stick in the barren expanse of al-Jamīsh, do not disturb it.
وإنما خص خبت الجميش بالذكر لأن الإنسان إذا سلكه طال عليه وفني زاده واحتاج إلى مال أخيه المسلم
It was specifically mentioned 'khabt al-jamīsh' because if a person traverses it, it becomes long for him, his provisions run out, and he needs the wealth of his Muslim brother.