البرش

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes speckled or mottled appearances, particularly on horses, but extends to include patches of color, diverse vegetation, and even collective terms for people or groups, sometimes due to a distinguishing mark or event.

Derived headwords

البَرْشnoun

1.
speckles, spotsboth
Small spots or specks that differ from the main color, especially used to describe the coat of a horse.

البَرْشَةnoun

1.
speckles, spotsclassical
A small spot or speck, similar to 'al-barsh', often referring to a distinguishing mark.

أَبْرَشadjective

1.
speckled, mottledboth
Describing a horse that has small spots or patches of a different color.
2.
multicolored, diverseboth
Referring to a place that has varied colors, often due to abundant and diverse vegetation.

بَرِيشadjective

1.
speckled, mottledclassical
Having small spots or patches of different colors, similar to 'abrach'.

بياض يظهر على الأظفارnoun

1.
white spots on nailsmodern
White spots or marks that appear on fingernails or toenails.

جذيمة الأبرشname

1.
Judhaymah the Mottledclassical
A historical king known as Judhaymah al-Abrash, whose name was altered by Arabs due to his leprosy, fearing to use the word 'abrac' (mottled/leprous).

مكان أبرشnoun

1.
diverse placeboth
A location characterized by a variety of colors, typically due to abundant and mixed vegetation.

الأرض برشاءnoun

1.
lush landboth
Land that is abundant with vegetation, appearing diverse and colorful.

سنة برشاءnoun

1.
year of abundant grassboth
A year characterized by plentiful growth of grass and vegetation.

البِرْشَاءnoun

1.
people, their groupclassical
A term referring to people collectively, or a group of people.
2.
a title/nicknameclassical
A nickname given to Umm Dhuhl, and to the tribes of Shayban and Qays b. Tha'labah, due to a distinguishing mark or an event.

بنو البرشاءname

1.
Banu al-Birsha'classical
The descendants or tribe known as Banu al-Birsha', named after the nickname 'al-Birsha'' given to their ancestors.

Parallel reading

البرش، محركة، والبرشة، بالضم، في شعر الفرس: نكت صغار تخالف سائر لونه

Al-barsh, with harakah, and al-barshah, with dammah, in the description of a horse: small spots that differ from the rest of its color.

والفرس أبرش وبريش

And the horse is abrach and barish (speckled).

وبياض يظهر على الأظفار

And white spots that appear on the nails.

وجذيمة الأبرش ملك، وكان أبرص، فهابت العرب أن تقوله، فقالت الأبرش

And Judhaymah al-Abrash was a king, and he was leprous, so the Arabs feared to say it (abrac), and they said al-Abrash.

ومكان أبرش: مختلف الألوان، كثير النبات

And a place abrach: of different colors, abundant in vegetation.

والأرض برشاء

And the land is barsha' (lush).

وسنة برشاء: كثيرة العشب

And a year barsha': abundant with grass.

والبرشاء: الناس، أو جماعتهم

And al-Birsha': the people, or their group.

ولقب أم ذهل، وشيبان وقيس بني ثعلبة، لبرش أصابها، أو لما جرى بينها وبين ضرتها

And it was a nickname for Umm Dhuhl, and for Shayban and Qays b. Tha'labah, due to spots that afflicted them, or due to what occurred between them and their rival.

وهم بنو البرشاء

And they are Banu al-Birsha'.