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الءش

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of dryness, hardness, and a state of being brittle or easily broken. It also extends to meanings of movement, particularly towards evil, and a sense of cheerfulness or liveliness.

Derived headwords

الأشّnoun
  1. 1.
    stale breadboth

    Refers to bread that has become dry and hard, likely stale.

  2. 2.
    standingclassical

    The act of standing or being in an upright position.

  3. 3.
    moving towards evilclassical

    The act of moving or intending to do evil or harm.

الأشاشnoun
  1. 1.
    cheerfulnessboth

    A state of being cheerful, lively, and good-humored.

الأشاشةnoun
  1. 1.
    cheerfulnessboth

    A state of being cheerful, lively, and good-humored; similar to الأشاش.

أشّverb
  1. 1.
    to be cheerfulboth

    To be cheerful, lively, and good-humored.

يئشverb
  1. 1.
    to be cheerfulboth

    Present tense form of 'to be cheerful', indicating liveliness and good humor.

Parallel reading

الأش: الخبز اليابس
Al-ash: stale bread.
والقيام
And standing.
والتحرك للشر
And moving towards evil.
والأشاش والأشاشة: الهشاش والهشاشة
And al-ashash and al-ashashah: cheerfulness and good humor.
وقد أش يأش
And he was cheerful, he is cheerful.
وألحق الحش بالإش: لغة في السين، وذكر
And al-hash was substituted for al-ish: a dialectal variation using 'seen' instead of 'sheen', and it is mentioned.