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الوشب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root الوشب relates to concepts of coarseness, thickness, and mixed or unruly crowds. It describes a thick-skinned date and also refers to a rabble or a mixture of people.

Derived headwords

وشبةadjective
  1. 1.
    thick-skinnedboth

    Describing a date that has a thick and coarse skin.

الأوشابnoun
  1. 1.
    rabbleclassical

    Refers to the common people, the rabble, or a disorderly crowd.

  2. 2.
    mixturesclassical

    Denotes a mixture or a jumble of different things or people.

وشبnoun
  1. 1.
    rabbleclassical

    The singular form of الأوشاب, referring to a rabble or a mixture.

Parallel reading

تمرة وشبة: غليظة اللحاء
A thick-skinned date: coarse of peel.
الأوشاب: الأوباش
Al-awshāb: the rabble.
الأوشاب: الأخلاط
Al-awshāb: the mixtures.
واحده: وشب، بالكسر
Its singular is 'washab', with a kasra.