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مشع

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to eating with a distinct sound, consuming completely, and acquiring or earning. It also extends to concepts of easy travel, cleaning oneself, and manipulating objects like cotton or milk.

Derived headwords

المشعnoun
  1. 1.
    A type of eatingboth

    A manner of eating, like eating cucumbers, characterized by a distinct sound.

  2. 2.
    Easy journeyclassical

    Refers to a smooth and easy path or journey.

  3. 3.
    Earning/Acquisitionboth

    The act of earning or acquiring wealth or possessions.

مشعverb
  1. 1.
    To eat with a soundboth

    To chew or eat something, particularly cucumbers, with a noticeable sound.

  2. 2.
    To eat everythingboth

    To consume all of something, such as everything in a bowl.

  3. 3.
    To fluff cottonboth

    To tease or fluff cotton with one's hand.

  4. 4.
    To earn/gatherboth

    To earn money or gather possessions.

  5. 5.
    To milkboth

    To milk sheep or goats.

مشعاnoun
  1. 1.
    Chewing soundboth

    The act of chewing, especially of things that make a sound when eaten.

  2. 2.
    Fluffing cottonboth

    The act of fluffing cotton with one's hand.

  3. 3.
    Earningboth

    The act of earning or acquiring.

التمشعnoun
  1. 1.
    Cleaning oneselfboth

    The act of cleaning oneself, particularly after defecation (Istinja).

التمشيعnoun
  1. 1.
    Wiping/Rubbingboth

    The act of wiping or rubbing something.

يتمشعverb
  1. 1.
    To wipe oneselfboth

    To wipe oneself, especially for cleaning after excretion.

  2. 2.
    To remove impurityboth

    To remove dirt or impurity from oneself or something else.

تمشعverb
  1. 1.
    To clean oneselfboth

    To clean oneself, removing dirt or impurity.

المشعةnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of cottonboth

    A piece or tuft of fluffed cotton.

المشيعةnoun
  1. 1.
    Piece of cottonboth

    A piece or tuft of fluffed cotton.

مشوعadjective
  1. 1.
    Earning/Acquisitiveboth

    A man who is very eager to earn or acquire wealth.

  2. 2.
    Wolf-likeclassical

    Describing a wolf, possibly implying predatory or scavenging behavior.

مشوعاnoun
  1. 1.
    Earning/Gatheringboth

    The act of earning or gathering wealth.

امتشعverb
  1. 1.
    To take allboth

    To take or extract everything from something, like milk from an udder or possessions from someone.

  2. 2.
    To snatchboth

    To snatch or steal something quickly, like a garment.

  3. 3.
    To draw a swordboth

    To draw a sword from its scabbard quickly.

امتشقتهverb
  1. 1.
    To extract completelyboth

    To extract or take out completely, used for milk from an udder or items from someone's hand.

امتخلهverb
  1. 1.
    To draw a swordboth

    To draw a sword from its scabbard quickly.

امتلخهverb
  1. 1.
    To draw a swordboth

    To draw a sword from its scabbard quickly.

اختلسهverb
  1. 1.
    To snatch/stealboth

    To snatch or steal something stealthily.

Parallel reading

ضرب من الأكل كأكلك القثاء
A type of eating, like your eating of cucumbers.
وقد مشع القثاء مشعا أي مضغه
And the cucumber was chewed with a sound, meaning it was masticated.
المشع أكل القثاء وغيره مما له جرس عند الأكل
Al-mashi' is eating cucumbers and other things that make a sound when eaten.
ويقال: مشعنا القصعة أي أكلنا كل ما فيها
And it is said: 'We ate the bowl completely,' meaning we ate all that was in it.
والمشع: السير السهل
And Al-mashi' is the easy journey.
والتمشع: الاستنجاء
And At-tamashshu' is Istinja (cleaning oneself after defecation).
والتمشيع: التمسيح
And At-tamshii' is wiping.
أنه نهى أن يتمشع بروث أو عظم
That he forbade cleaning oneself with dung or bone.
تمشع وامتشع إذا أزال عنه الأذى
He cleaned himself and removed the impurity if he removed the harm from himself.
ومشع القطن يمشعه مشعا: نفشه بيده
And he fluffed the cotton, he fluffs it, with his hand.
والمشع: الكسب
And Al-mashi' is earning.
ومشع يمشع مشعا ومشوعا: كسب وجمع
And he earned, he earns, earning and gathering.
ورجل مشوع: كسوب
And a man is Mashuu': acquisitive.
ومشعت الغنم: حلبتها
And he milked the sheep: he milked them.
وامتشعت ما في الضرع وامتشقته إذا لم تدع فيه شيئا
And she extracted what was in the udder and took it all if she left nothing in it.
وكذلك امتشعت ما في يدي فلان وامتشقته إذا أخذت ما في يده كله
And likewise, she took what was in so-and-so's hand and took it all if she took everything in his hand.
وامتشع السيف من غمده وامتلخه إذا امتعده وسله مسرعا
And he drew the sword from its scabbard and pulled it out quickly if he drew it and unsheathed it rapidly.
ويقال: امتشع من فلان ما مشع لك أي خذ منه ما وجدت
And it is said: 'Take from so-and-so whatever you can get,' meaning take from him what you find.
قال ابن الأعرابي: امتشع الرجل ثوب صاحبه أي اختلسه
Ibn Al-A'rabi said: 'The man snatched his companion's garment,' meaning he stole it.
وذئب مشوع
And a Mashuu' wolf.