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متش
Root entry · 9 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to actions involving fingers, such as spreading, gathering, or milking. It also extends to meanings concerning poor eyesight and a specific type of weak milking.
Derived headwords
مَتَشَverb
- 1.to spreadboth
To spread something out with your fingers.
- 2.to gatherclassical
To gather or collect something.
مَتْشnoun
- 1.spreadingboth
The act of spreading something out with your fingers.
- 2.gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or collecting something.
- 3.poor eyesightclassical
A condition of having weak or poor vision.
يَمْتِشُverb
- 1.to gatherclassical
To gather or collect something.
مَتْشًاnoun
- 1.gatheringclassical
The act of gathering or collecting something.
مَتَشَ النَّاقَةَverb
- 1.to milk weaklyclassical
To milk a she-camel with your fingers in a weak manner.
مَتْشnoun
- 1.weak milkingclassical
A weak manner of milking, done with the fingers.
مَتَشَتْ عَيْنُهُverb
- 1.to have poor eyesightclassical
His eye became weak or suffered from poor vision.
أَمْتَشadjective
- 1.weak-sightedclassical
Describing a man with poor eyesight.
مَتْشَاءadjective
- 1.weak-sightedclassical
Describing a woman with poor eyesight.
Parallel reading
المتش تفريقك الشيء بأصابعك.
Al-mutsh is your spreading of a thing with your fingers.
ومتش الشيء يمتشه متشا: جمعه.
And mutsh of a thing, he mutsh-es it a mutsh: he gathers it.
ومتش الناقة: حلبها بأصابعه حلبا ضعيفا.
And mutsh of the she-camel: milking it with his fingers a weak milking.
والمتش: سوء البصر.
And al-mutsh: poor eyesight.
ومتشت عينه متشا: كمدشت.
And his eye mutsh-ed a mutsh: it became weak, like kmdsht.
ورجل أمتش وامرأة متشاء.
And a man amsh and a woman mtshaa'.