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وبش

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to white spots or blemishes, particularly on fingernails. It extends to describe mixed or scattered groups of people, plants, or even undesirable qualities in speech or physical appearance.

Derived headwords

الوبشnoun
  1. 1.
    white spots on nailsboth

    The white spots or blemishes that appear on fingernails, especially those of young people.

  2. 2.
    speckled skinclassical

    The speckled or mottled appearance of skin, particularly in the context of camel mange.

وبشnoun
  1. 1.
    white spots on nailsboth

    The white spots or blemishes that appear on fingernails, especially those of young people.

  2. 2.
    speckled skinclassical

    The speckled or mottled appearance of skin, particularly in the context of camel mange.

وبشverb
  1. 1.
    to have white spotsboth

    To develop or have white spots, specifically on the fingernails.

  2. 2.
    to be speckledclassical

    To become speckled or mottled, referring to skin affected by mange.

وبشت أظفاره — His fingernails became spotted.
وبش جلده وبشا — His skin became speckled.
الأوباشnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed crowdsboth

    Mixed, heterogeneous, or scattered groups of people; a rabble or riffraff.

  2. 2.
    scattered plantsboth

    Scattered or sparse varieties of trees and plants.

وبشnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed peopleboth

    A single person from a mixed or scattered group of people.

وبشnoun
  1. 1.
    bad speechclassical

    Inferior, bad, or worthless speech.

وبشadjective
  1. 1.
    speckledclassical

    Describing something that is speckled or mottled, particularly skin affected by mange.

جمل وبش — A speckled camel.
أوبشadjective
  1. 1.
    prominent front teethclassical

    Describing someone with prominent or protruding front teeth.

بنو وابشname
  1. 1.
    Banu Wabish tribeclassical

    A tribal name, referring to a specific lineage or clan.

بنو وابشيname
  1. 1.
    Banu Wabshi tribeclassical

    A tribal name, referring to a specific lineage or clan.

Parallel reading

البياض الذي يكون على الأظفار
The whiteness that is on the fingernails.
على أظفار الأحداث
On the fingernails of young people.
النمنم الأبيض يكون على الظفر
The white speckles that are on the fingernail.
بظفره وبش وهو ما نقط من البياض في الأظفار
His fingernail has 'wabash', which is the scattered white spots on the nails.
صار فيها ذلك الوبش
That 'wabash' appeared on them.
الأخلاط مثل الأوشاب
The mixed groups, like the 'awshab' (mixed groups).
جمع مقلوب من البوش
A reversed plural from 'bush' (people).
الضروب المتفرقون
The scattered, diverse types.
أوباش من الشجر والنبات، وهي الضروب المتفرقة
Scattered varieties of trees and plants, which are the diverse, dispersed types.
إذا كان قليلا متفرقا
If it is little and scattered.
وهم الضروب المتفرقون
And they are the scattered, diverse types.
إن قريشا وبشت لحرب النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، أوباشا لها
Indeed, Quraysh gathered for war against the Prophet, peace be upon him, a mixed multitude for it.
جمعوا له جموعا من قبائل شتى
They gathered for him armies from various tribes.
الرقط من الجرب يتفشى في جلد البعير
The mottled patches of mange that spread on the camel's skin.
جمل وبش وبه وبش
A speckled camel, and it has 'wabash' (speckles).
وبش الكلام: رديئه
Bad speech: its inferior quality.
أجد في التوراة أن رجلا من قريش أوبش الثنايا يحجل في الفتنة
I find in the Torah that a man from Quraysh, with prominent front teeth, limps in the sedition.
يعني ظاهر الثنايا
Meaning the prominent front teeth.
بني وابشي قد هوينا جماعكم
O Banu Wabshi, we desired your gathering.