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خرمش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of damaging, spoiling, or defacing something, particularly written text or work. It implies an act of disfigurement or making something unclear and messy.

Derived headwords

خَرْمَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spoiling writingboth

    The act of spoiling or damaging written text or a piece of work, rendering it illegible or imperfect.

  2. 2.
    disfigurementclassical

    A general act of spoiling, disfiguring, or causing confusion and mess.

خَرْمَشَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to spoilboth

    He spoiled or damaged the writing or work.

خَرْبَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    spoilingclassical

    The act of spoiling or damaging something.

  2. 2.
    disruptionclassical

    Causing confusion, disruption, or mess.

Parallel reading

الخرمشة: إفساد الكتاب والعمل
Al-kharmasha: spoiling writing and work.
وقد خرمشه
And he spoiled it.
والخربشة والخرمشة: الإفساد والتشويش
And al-kharbasha and al-kharmasha: spoiling and causing confusion.