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عطس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of sneezing. It extends to encompass death, the morning's breaking, and specific animals or omens associated with sneezing or a snubbed nose.

Derived headwords

عَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to sneezeboth

    To experience the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth.

  2. 2.
    to break openclassical

    Used to describe the dawn breaking or splitting open.

  3. 3.
    to dieclassical

    To pass away or cease to live.

يَعْطِسُverb
  1. 1.
    sneezesboth

    Present tense of the act of sneezing.

عُطَاسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sneezingboth

    The act or sound of sneezing.

  2. 2.
    dawnclassical

    The first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.

تَعْطِيسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    causing to sneezeclassical

    The act of making someone else sneeze.

العَاطُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    what causes sneezingclassical

    Something that provokes or causes a person to sneeze.

  2. 2.
    ominous animalclassical

    A creature or animal that is considered a bad omen, often associated with sneezing.

المِعْطَسnoun
  1. 1.
    noseboth

    The organ of smell and breathing.

العَاطِسnoun
  1. 1.
    dawnclassical

    The breaking of the day; sunrise.

  2. 2.
    what faces youclassical

    Referring to gazelles that appear directly in front of one.

الرَاغِمُ الأَنْفadjective
  1. 1.
    snub-nosedclassical

    Having a nose that is turned up or short.

اللُجَمُ العَطُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    deathclassical

    The final cessation of life; mortality.

Parallel reading

عطس يعطس عطسا وعطاسا
He sneezed, he sneezes, a sneeze and sneezing.
أتته العطسة
The sneeze came to him.
وعطسه غيره تعطيسا
And another made him sneeze.
و الصبح: انفلق
And the morning: it broke open.
و فلان: مات
And so-and-so: he died.
والعاطوس: ما يعطس منه
And the 'atoos: that from which one sneezes.
ودابة يتشاءم بها
And a beast with which one takes an omen (of bad luck).
والمعطس، كمجلس ومقعد: الأنف
And the ma'tas, like majlis and maq'ad: the nose.
والعاطس: الصبح
And the 'aatis: the morning.
كالعطاس
Like sneezing (referring to the morning).
وما استقبلك من أمامك من الظباء
And what faces you from in front of you of the gazelles.
وكمعظم: الراغم الأنف
And like mu'dhim: the snub-nosed.
واللجم العطوس: الموت
And the 'atoos death: death.
وعطست به اللجم، أي: مات
And death overcame him, meaning: he died.
وهو عطسة فلان، أي: يشبهه خلقا وخلقا
And he is the sneeze of so-and-so, meaning: he resembles him in creation and character.