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عشط

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of pulling or drawing something. However, the entry explicitly states that no sound tripartite (three-letter) forms were found for this root.

Derived headwords

عَشَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull, to drawclassical

    This is the primary meaning associated with the root, indicating the action of pulling or drawing something towards oneself or another point.

عَشْطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pulling, drawingclassical

    This is the verbal noun (masdar) of the verb 'عَشَطَ', representing the act or instance of pulling or drawing.

Parallel reading

عشطه يعشطه عشطا: جذبه
He pulled it, he pulls it, a pulling: he pulled it.
وقال الأزهري: لم أجد في ثلاثي عشط شيئا صحيحا.
And Al-Azharī said: I did not find anything sound in the tripartite (root) of 'ashṭ'.