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ملش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes the act of searching or rummaging through something with one's hands, as if looking for a specific item. It implies a tactile and often somewhat disorganized exploration.

Derived headwords

مَلَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to search by handboth

    To search through something by hand, feeling around as if seeking a particular object.

يَمْلِشُverb
  1. 1.
    searches by handboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to search by hand'.

يَمْلِشُverb
  1. 1.
    searches by handboth

    An alternative present tense form of the verb 'to search by hand'.

مَلْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    a searching by handboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of searching through something with one's hands.

Parallel reading

ملش الشيء يملشه ويملشه ملشا: فتشه بيده كأنه يطلب فيه شيئا.
He searched the thing, he searches it and he searches it, a searching by hand: he felt through it with his hand as if he were looking for something in it.