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الوعث

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes difficult, rough, or treacherous terrain. It extends to concepts of hardship, brokenness, and scarcity, as well as physical attributes like stoutness and leanness.

Derived headwords

الْوَعْثnoun
  1. 1.
    Easy to tread placeclassical

    A place that is easy to walk on, where feet sink in.

  2. 2.
    Difficult roadboth

    A road that is hard to travel.

  3. 3.
    Broken boneclassical

    A bone that has been fractured.

  4. 4.
    Emaciationclassical

    A state of extreme thinness or leanness.

وَعِثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Difficult to traverseboth

    Describing a road that is hard to travel.

الْمَوْعِثnoun
  1. 1.
    Difficult terrainclassical

    A place or terrain that is difficult to traverse.

وَعَثَ الطَّرِيقُverb
  1. 1.
    The road became difficultboth

    The road became hard to travel or traverse.

أَوْعَثَverb
  1. 1.
    Fell into difficultyclassical

    To fall into a difficult or treacherous place.

  2. 2.
    Squandered moneyclassical

    To spend money excessively or wastefully.

وَعَثَتْ يَدُهُverb
  1. 1.
    His hand was brokenclassical

    His hand became broken.

التَّوْعِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    Imprisonmentclassical

    The act of being confined or imprisoned.

  2. 2.
    Dismissalclassical

    The act of sending away or dismissing.

الْوَعْثَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Hardshipboth

    Difficulty or suffering.

الْمَوْعُوثadjective
  1. 1.
    Of low lineageclassical

    Someone whose lineage or social standing is considered inferior.

اِمْرَأَةٌ وَعِثَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Fat womanclassical

    A woman who is stout or corpulent.

Parallel reading

المكان السهل الدهس، تغيب فيه الأقدام
The place easy to tread, where the feet sink.
والطريق العسر
And the difficult road.
والعظم المكسور
And the broken bone.
والهزال
And emaciation.
ووعث الطريق، كسمع وكرم: تعسر سلوكه
And the road became difficult, meaning its traversal became hard.
وأوعث: وقع في الوعث
And he fell into the difficult place.
وأسرف في المال
And he squandered money.
ووعثت يده، كفرح: انكسرت
And his hand was broken.
والتوعيث: الحبس، والصرف
And confinement: imprisonment, and dismissal.
والوعثاء: المشقة
And hardship: difficulty.
والموعوث: الناقص الحسب
And the one of low lineage: one whose lineage is deficient.
وامرأة وعثة: سمينة
And a stout woman: corpulent.