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وقش

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of sound, movement, and rustling, often associated with subtle or indistinct noises. It also extends to meanings related to defects, specific individuals, and tribal names.

Derived headwords

الوَقْشnoun
  1. 1.
    soundboth

    A general term for sound or noise.

  2. 2.
    movementboth

    Refers to motion or activity, often subtle.

  3. 3.
    small firewoodclassical

    Small pieces of firewood used to spread a fire.

الوَقْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    soundboth

    A sound or noise.

  2. 2.
    movementboth

    Motion or activity.

أَقِيشname
  1. 1.
    name of a personclassical

    The name of a person, possibly derived from the root's meaning of movement.

وَقَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundboth

    To produce a sound or noise.

  2. 2.
    to moveboth

    To move or be in motion.

  3. 3.
    to acquireclassical

    To obtain or acquire something, specifically a gift or bounty.

وَقْشnoun
  1. 1.
    defectclassical

    A flaw or defect.

وَقِيشname
  1. 1.
    name of a tribeclassical

    A name for a tribe or a group of Arabs.

بَنُو وَقْشname
  1. 1.
    a clanclassical

    A specific clan or tribe, belonging to the Ansar.

بَنُو أَقِيشname
  1. 1.
    a peopleclassical

    A group of people, identified as belonging to the lineage of Aqish.

تَوَقَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    To move or stir.

أَقِيشname
  1. 1.
    father of Numayrclassical

    The father of the leopard (Numayr), named so because his mother was pregnant with him.

وَقْشnoun
  1. 1.
    rustling soundclassical

    A rustling sound, often associated with movement.

Parallel reading

الصوت والحركة.
Sound and movement.
ما هذا الذي يتوقش في بطنك؟
What is this that is moving in your belly?
سمعت وقشه أي حسه.
I heard his rustling, meaning his sensation or subtle movement.
دخلت الجنة فسمعت وقشا خلفي فإذا بلال.
I entered Paradise and heard a rustling behind me, and it was Bilal.
يقال سمعت وقش فلان أي حركته
It is said, 'I heard so-and-so's rustling,' meaning his movement.
لأخفافها بالليل وقش كأنه، ... على الأرض، ترشاف الظباء السوانح
At night, their hooves made a rustling sound, like the lapping of graceful gazelles on the ground.
توقش أي تحرك
It means to move.
فدع عنك الصبا، ولديك هما ... توقش في فؤادك واحتيالا
So leave youthful folly behind, and you have desires that stir and scheme in your heart.
وقش منه وقشا: أصاب منه عطاء.
He obtained from him a gift (waqshan).
الوقش: العيب.
Al-waqsh: The defect.
إنما أصله وقيش فأبدلوا من الواو همزة
Its origin is 'wayqish,' and they replaced the 'waw' with a hamza.
كأنك من جمال بني أقيش، ... يقعقع خلف رجليه بشن
As if you are from the camels of Banu Aqish, rattling a waterskin behind his legs.
الوقش والوقص صغار الحطب الذي تشيع به النار.
Al-waqsh and al-waqs are small pieces of firewood that spread the fire.