العماس

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes intensity, severity, and darkness, often applied to warfare, difficult situations, and the night. It also extends to concepts of concealment, deception, and feigning ignorance.

Derived headwords

العَمَاسnoun

1.
Intense warclassical
Severe and intense warfare.
2.
Insurmountable affairclassical
A matter that cannot be managed or resolved, the right course of action for which is unclear.

العَمِيسnoun

1.
Intense warclassical
Severe and intense warfare.
2.
Insurmountable affairclassical
A matter that cannot be managed or resolved, the right course of action for which is unclear.

العَمْسnoun

1.
Intense warclassical
Severe and intense warfare.
2.
Insurmountable affairclassical
A matter that cannot be managed or resolved, the right course of action for which is unclear.

العُمُوسnoun

1.
Intense warclassical
Severe and intense warfare.
2.
Insurmountable affairclassical
A matter that cannot be managed or resolved, the right course of action for which is unclear.

عَمَسَverb

1.
to intensifyclassical
To become severe, intense, or strong.
2.
to darkenclassical
To become dark or obscure.
3.
to become blackclassical
To turn black in color.

عُمُوسًاnoun

1.
Intensityclassical
The state of being intense, severe, or dark.

عَمَاسَةnoun

1.
Intensityclassical
The state of being intense, severe, or dark.

عَمْسًاnoun

1.
Intensityclassical
The state of being intense, severe, or dark.

العُمُوسadjective

1.
One who is ignorantclassical
Someone who acts without knowledge or understanding, or is generally ignorant.

عَمِيسnoun

1.
Valleyclassical
A specific valley named 'Umays al-Hamā'im', a stopping place for the Prophet Muhammad on the way to Badr.

أبو أسماء ابن معدname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A person named Abu Asma' ibn Ma'add, who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

عَمَّسَverb

1.
to concealclassical
To hide or conceal something.

العَمِيسَةnoun

1.
False oathclassical
An oath that is not true or is taken unjustly.

العُمَيْسِيَّةnoun

1.
False oathclassical
An oath that is not true or is taken unjustly.

تَعَامَسَverb

1.
to feign ignoranceclassical
To pretend not to know something, especially when one actually does know.
2.
to act indifferentlyclassical
To act as if one is unaware of a matter, leaving others in doubt about one's true knowledge or intentions.

تَعَامَى عَلَيَّverb

1.
to feign blindness towards meclassical
To pretend not to see or notice someone or something, often to avoid engagement or to deceive.

عَامَسَverb

1.
to conceal fromclassical
To hide one's intentions or actions from someone, without openly declaring enmity.
2.
to confide inclassical
To share a secret with someone.

مُعَامِسَةadjective

1.
Reserved womanclassical
A woman who is modest and reserved in her youth, avoiding ostentatious or immodest behavior.

مُعَمْسَاتadjective

1.
Obscure mattersclassical
Affairs or matters that are dark, confusing, or deliberately misleading.

Parallel reading

العماس، كسحاب: الحرب الشديدة

Al-'amās, like 'saḥāb': intense warfare.

وأمر لا يقام له ولا يهتدى لوجهه، كالعمس والعموس والعميس

And a matter that cannot be managed nor its course be discerned, like al-'ams, al-'umūs, and al-'amīs.

ومن الليالي: المظلم الشديد

And of the nights: the intensely dark.

والأسد الشديد، كالعموس

And the intense lion, like al-'umūs.

وعمس يومنا، ككرم وفرح عماسة وعموسا وعمسا وعمسا: اشتد، واسود، وأظلم

And our day intensified, like 'karuma' and 'fariḥa', with 'amāsah', 'umūsā', 'amsā', and 'amsā': it intensified, it became black, it became dark.

والعموس: من يتعسف الأشياء، كالجاهل

And al-'umūs: one who acts arbitrarily in matters, like the ignorant one.

وعمس الكتاب: درس

And 'amasa the book: it became worn out/forgotten.

والشيء: أخفاه، كأعمسه

And the thing: he concealed it, like 'a'masahu.

والعمس أيضا: أن تري أنك لا تعرف الأمر، وأنت تعرفه

And al-'ams also: to make it appear that you do not know the matter, while you do know it.

وحلف على العميسة والعميسية، أي: على يمين غير حق

And he swore an oath concerning al-'amīsah and al-'umaysiyyah, meaning: an unjust oath.

وتعامس: تغافل

And ta'āmasa: to feign ignorance.

وعلي: تعامى علي، وتركني في شبهة من أمره

And towards me: he feigned blindness towards me, and left me in doubt about his affair.

وعامسه: ساتره، ولم يجاهره بالعداوة

And 'āmasahu: he concealed himself from him, and did not openly declare enmity.

وفلانا: ساره

And 'āmasahu: he confided in him.

وامرأة معامسة: تتستر في شبيبتها، ولا تتهتك

And a mu'āmasah woman: she conceals herself in her youth, and does not behave immodestly.

وجاءنا بأمور معمسات، بفتح الميم المشددة وكسرها، أي: مظلمة ملوية عن وجهها

And he brought us matters that were mu'amsāt, with the 'mīm' being stressed and with a kasrah, meaning: dark and twisted away from their true nature.