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حشش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to places for relieving oneself, and secondarily to movement, rustling sounds, and burning.

Derived headwords

الحُشُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    latrinesclassical

    Places for relieving oneself, such as outhouses or designated areas.

حَشَّاشnoun
  1. 1.
    waterskinclassical

    A type of bag or container, specifically a waterskin.

أعيا فنطناه مناط الجر، ... بين حشاشي بازل جور — We became weary of our waterskin, a strap for drawing, ... between the two waterskins of a young camel that has passed its first year.
حَشْحَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    movementboth

    The act of moving or stirring.

  2. 2.
    rustling soundboth

    A sound of movement, often a rustling or shuffling.

حَشْحَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    To move or stir, especially in response to something.

  2. 2.
    to burnclassical

    To be burned or scorched by fire.

Parallel reading

إن هذه الحشوش محتضرة
Indeed, these latrines are places of death (or decay).
يعني الكنف ومواضع قضاء الحاجة
Meaning, the privy and places for relieving oneself.
والحشاش الجوالق
And the hashshash is the waterskin.
والحشحشة: الحركة ودخول بعض القوم في بعض
And al-hashhashah: movement and people crowding into one another.
وحشحشته النار: أحرقته
And the fire hashshashah-ed it: it burned it.
دخل علينا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، وعلينا قطيفة فلما رأيناه تحشحشنا
The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, entered upon us while we were under a blanket, and when we saw him, we stirred.
فقال: مكانكما
And he said: Stay where you are.
التحشحش: التحرك للنهوض
Al-tahashshush: moving to get up.
وسمعت له حشحشة وخشخشة
And I heard from it a hashshashah and a khashkhashah (sounds of movement).
أي حركة
Meaning, movement.