وشظ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of joining, reinforcing, or patching something, often with a wedge or a piece of wood. It extends metaphorically to describe people who are outsiders or not of pure lineage, as well as concepts like alliances or pacts.

Derived headwords

وشظverb

1.
to reinforceboth
To reinforce a gap or crack, especially in a tool like an axe or a vessel like a qab, by inserting a piece of wood or similar material to narrow it.
2.
to break offboth
To break off a piece from a bone.

وشظnoun

1.
reinforcementboth
The act or process of reinforcing a crack or gap, as described in the verb sense.
2.
wedgeboth
The piece of wood or material used to reinforce a crack or gap.
3.
outsiderclassical
A person who is an outsider or not of pure lineage within a group, metaphorically likened to a wedge used for repair.
4.
allianceclassical
A pact or alliance, particularly one formed by outsiders or those not of the original group.

وشيظةnoun

1.
wedgeboth
A piece of wood used to mend or reinforce a crack, especially in a wooden vessel like a cup or a piece of bone.
2.
extraneous piececlassical
An extra piece of bone that is not part of the main bone structure; this is considered an error by Abu Mansur.
3.
outsiderclassical
A person who is an outsider or not of pure lineage within a group, likened to a wedge used to repair a vessel.

أشظverb

1.
to break offboth
To break off a piece from a bone.

وشيظnoun

1.
outsiderclassical
A person who is an outsider or not of pure lineage within a group.
2.
lowly personclassical
A base, ignoble, or lowly person.
3.
allianceclassical
A pact or alliance.

وشائظnoun

1.
outsidersclassical
Plural of 'washiẓ', referring to people who are outsiders or not of pure lineage within a group.

أوشاظnoun

1.
alliancesclassical
Plural of 'washiẓ', referring to pacts or alliances.

Parallel reading

وشظ الفأس والقعب وشظا: شد فرجة خربتها بعود ونحوه يضيقها به

To reinforce an axe or a qab (a wooden vessel) is to tighten a crack that has been damaged by inserting a piece of wood or similar material to narrow it.

واسم ذلك العود الوشيظة

And the name of that piece of wood is al-washiẓah.

والوشيظة: قطعة عظم تكون زيادة في العظم الصميم؛ قال أبو منصور: هذا غلط، والوشيظة قطعة خشبة يشعب بها القدح

And al-washiẓah is a piece of bone that is an addition to the main bone; Abu Mansur said: This is a mistake, and al-washiẓah is a piece of wood with which a cup is mended.

وقيل للرجل إذا كان دخيلا في القوم ولم يكن من صميمهم: إنه لوشيظة فيهم، تشبيها بالوشيظة التي يرأب بها القدح

And it is said of a man, if he is an outsider among a people and not from their core lineage, that he is a washiẓah among them, by analogy with the washiẓah used to mend a cup.

ووشظت العظم أشظه وشظا أي كسرت منه قطعة

And I broke off a piece from the bone, meaning I broke off a piece from it.

الليث: الوشيظ من الناس لفيف ليس أصلهم واحدا، وجمعه الوشائظ

Al-Layth said: Al-washiẓ from among people are a mixed group whose origins are not unified, and their plural is al-washā'iẓ.

والوشيظة والوشيظ: الدخلاء في القوم ليسوا من صميمهم

And al-washiẓah and al-washiẓ are outsiders among a people who are not from their core lineage.

على حين أن كانت عقيل وشائظا، ... وكانت كلاب، خامري أم عامر

At a time when 'Aqil were outsiders, ... and Kilab were, Khamiri Umm 'Amir.

ويقال: بنو فلان وشيظة في قومهم أي هم حشو فيهم

And it is said: The sons of so-and-so are a washiẓah among their people, meaning they are an extraneous element among them.

هم أهل بطحاوي قريش كليهما، ... وهم صلبها، ليس الوشائظ كالصلب

They are the people of both plains of Quraysh, ... and they are its core; the outsiders are not like the core.

وفي حديث الشعبي: كانت الأوائل تقول: إياكم والوشائظ ؛ هم السفلة، واحدهم وشيظ

And in the hadith of Al-Sha'bi: The ancients used to say: Beware of the washā'iẓ; they are the lowliest, their singular is washiẓ.

والوشيظ: الخسيس، وقيل: الخسيس من الناس

And al-washiẓ is the base, and it is said: the base among people.

والوشيظ: التاب ع والحلف، والجمع أوشاظ

And al-washiẓ is the pact and the alliance, and the plural is awshāẓ.