مشط

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of combing hair and the tools used for it. It extends to related concepts like things that fall out during combing, the person who combs, and the appearance of well-combed hair. Metaphorically, it can refer to flattery or a specific physical appearance.

Derived headwords

مَشَطَverb

1.
to comb hairboth
To pass a comb through hair, whether of the head or beard.

يَمْشُطُverb

1.
to comb hairboth
The present tense of the verb 'to comb hair'.

مَشْطًاnoun

1.
combingboth
The act or process of combing hair.

اِمْتَشَطَverb

1.
to comb one's hairboth
To comb one's own hair.

اِمْتَشَطَتْverb

1.
she combed her hairboth
The past tense, feminine singular form of 'to comb one's hair'.

مَشَّاطَةnoun

1.
hair that falls outboth
The hair that falls from the head or beard when combing.
2.
hairdresserclassical
A woman who is skilled in hairdressing and whose profession is it.
3.
young woman skilled in hairdressingclassical
A young woman who excels at hairdressing.

مُمَشَّطadjective

1.
combedboth
Having had one's hair combed.

مَاشِطَةnoun

1.
hairdresserclassical
A woman who excels at combing hair; her profession is hairdressing.

مُشْطnoun

1.
combboth
The instrument used for combing hair.
2.
a type of branding markclassical
A branding mark on camels, shaped like a comb.
3.
part of the footclassical
The bones on the back of the foot, above the toes.
4.
wide fleshclassical
The broad flesh of the shoulder.
5.
a tool for smoothingclassical
A tool with branches used to smooth down animal hides or cover grain.

أَمْشَاطnoun

1.
combsboth
The plural of 'comb', the instrument used for combing hair.

مُشَاطnoun

1.
combsclassical
An alternative plural for 'comb'.

مُمَشَّطnoun

1.
combclassical
An alternative name for a comb.

مُكَدّnoun

1.
combclassical
One of the names for a comb.

مِرْجَلnoun

1.
combclassical
One of the names for a comb.

مَسْرَحnoun

1.
combclassical
One of the names for a comb.

مِشْقَاnoun

1.
combclassical
One of the names for a comb, used with short or long vowel.

نَحِيتnoun

1.
combclassical
One of the names for a comb.

مُفَرِّجnoun

1.
combclassical
One of the names for a comb.

مُشْطَةnoun

1.
a type of combclassical
A type of comb, similar to 'ركبة' (knee) or 'جلسة' (sitting).
2.
a type of branding markclassical
A branding mark on camels, shaped like a comb.

مَمْشُوطadjective

1.
tall and slenderclassical
Describing a person who is tall and slender.

تَمَشَّطَverb

1.
to become roughclassical
Said of a hand that becomes rough from work.

مِشْطُ الذِّئْبnoun

1.
wolf's combclassical
A small plant called 'wolf's comb', which has pods similar to those of the colocynth.

Parallel reading

مشط شعره يمشطه ويمشطه مشطا

He combed his hair, he combs it and combs it, a combing.

والمشاطة: ما سقط منه عند المشط

And al-mashatah: what falls from it during combing.

وقد امتشط

And he combed his hair.

وامتشطت المرأة ومشطتها الماشطة مشطا

And the woman combed her hair, and the hairdresser combed it for her, a combing.

ولمة مشيط أي ممشوطة

And a lock of hair, mushit, meaning combed.

والماشطة: التي تحسن المشط، وحرفتها المشاطة

And al-mashitah: she who improves combing, and her profession is al-mashatah.

ويقال للمتملق: هو دائم المشط، على المثل

And it is said of the flatterer: he is constantly combing, as a proverb.

وأنشد ابن بري لسعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن حسان: قد كنت أغنى ذي غنى عنكم كما ... أغنى الرجال، عن المشاط، الأقرع

And Ibn al-Barri recited for Sa'id bin Abd al-Rahman bin Hassan: I was once richer than the rich from you, just as ... the bald man is rich from combing.

وفي المشط لغة رابعة المشط، بتشديد الطاء

And in (the word for) comb, there is a fourth pronunciation: al-mushshat, with a doubled ta'.

قد كنت أحسبني غنيا عنكم، ... إن الغني عن المشط الأقرع

I used to think myself rich enough without you, ... indeed, the bald man is rich without a comb.

ويقال في أسمائه المشط والمشط والممشط والمكد والمرجل والمسرح والمشقا، بالقصر والمد، والنحيت والمفرج

And among its names are al-mushṭ, al-mushṭ, al-mimsḥaṭ, al-makkad, al-mirjal, al-masraḥ, al-mishqā, with short and long vowels, al-naḥīt, and al-mufarrij.

أنه طب وجعل في مشط ومشاطة

That he was treated and it was placed in a comb and hair that fell out.

هو الشعر الذي يسقط من الرأس واللحية عند التسريح بالمشط

It is the hair that falls from the head and beard when combing with a comb.

والمشطة: ضرب من المشط كالركبة والجلسة، والمشطة واحدة

And al-mishṭah: a type of comb, like 'al-rukbah' and 'al-jalsah', and 'al-mishṭah' is singular.

ومن سمات الإبل ضرب يسمى المشط

And among the branding marks of camels is a type called 'al-mishṭ'.

والمشط سمة من سمات البعير على صورة المشط

And 'al-mishṭ' is a branding mark of a camel in the shape of a comb.

تكون في الخد والعنق والفخذ؛ قال سيبويه: أما المشط والدلو والخطاف فإنما يريد أن عليه صورة هذه الأشياء

It can be on the cheek, neck, and thigh; Sibawayh said: As for 'al-mishṭ', 'al-dalu', and 'al-khuṭṭāf', it means that it has the image of these things on it.

وبعير ممشوط: سمته المشط

And a 'mamsḥūṭ' camel: it was branded with 'al-mishṭ'.

ومشطت الناقة مشطا ومشطت: صار على جانبيها مثل الأمشاط من الشحم

And the she-camel became 'mushṭan' and 'mushṭat': like combs of fat appeared on its sides.

ومشط القدم: سلاميات ظهرها، وهي العظام الرقاق المفترشة فوق القدم دون الأصابع

And the 'mishṭ al-qadam': the phalanges of its back, which are the thin bones spread over the foot, not including the toes.

المشط سلاميات ظهر القدم؛ يقال: انكسر مشط ظهر قدمه

Al-mishṭ: the phalanges of the back of the foot; it is said: the arch of his foot broke.

والمشط: سبجة فيها أفنان، وفي وسطها هراوة يقبض عليها وتسوى بها القصاب، ويغطى بها الحب، وقد مشط الأرض

And 'al-mishṭ': a type of tool with branches, in its middle is a club that is held and used to flatten hides, and cover grain, and he used 'mishṭ' on the land.

ورجل ممشوط: فيه طول ودقة

And a 'mamsḥūṭ' man: he has length and slenderness.

الممشوط الطويل الدقيق

Al-mamsḥūṭ: the tall and slender.

ومشطت يده تمشط مشطا: خشنت من عمل

And his hand became rough, it becomes rough, a roughness: it became rough from work.

وقيل: المشط أن يمس الرجل الشوك أو الجذع فيدخل منه في يده شيء

And it was said: 'al-mishṭ' is when a man touches thorns or a trunk, and something from it enters his hand.

والمشط: نبت صغير يقال له مشط الذئب له جراء مثل جراء القثاء

And 'al-mishṭ': a small plant called 'wolf's comb', it has pods like the pods of the colocynth.