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متش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This 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. 1.
    to spreadboth

    To spread something out with your fingers.

  2. 2.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather or collect something.

مَتْشnoun
  1. 1.
    spreadingboth

    The act of spreading something out with your fingers.

  2. 2.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of gathering or collecting something.

  3. 3.
    poor eyesightclassical

    A condition of having weak or poor vision.

يَمْتِشُverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather or collect something.

مَتْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of gathering or collecting something.

مَتَشَ النَّاقَةَverb
  1. 1.
    to milk weaklyclassical

    To milk a she-camel with your fingers in a weak manner.

مَتْشnoun
  1. 1.
    weak milkingclassical

    A weak manner of milking, done with the fingers.

مَتَشَتْ عَيْنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to have poor eyesightclassical

    His eye became weak or suffered from poor vision.

أَمْتَشadjective
  1. 1.
    weak-sightedclassical

    Describing a man with poor eyesight.

مَتْشَاءadjective
  1. 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'.