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حرش

Root entry · 37 derived lemmas

The root 'حرش' primarily relates to the act of catching prey, particularly lizards, through cunning or deception. It extends to meanings of scratching, sexual intercourse, and the creation of rough textures. The root also encompasses terms for various creatures, people, and abstract concepts like incitement and acquisition.

Derived headwords

حَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to catchclassical

    To catch prey, specifically a lizard, by trickery. This involves moving one's hand near the burrow's entrance to make the lizard think it's a snake, causing it to emerge its tail to strike, at which point it is captured.

حَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratchboth

    To scratch someone or something.

حَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a female partner in a reclining position.

حَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be roughboth

    To be rough or coarse in texture.

حَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be incitedclassical

    To be incited or provoked, especially between people or dogs.

حَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to acquireclassical

    To acquire or earn, especially for one's family.

حَرِشَverb
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    to cause pustulesclassical

    To cause pustules or sores on a camel.

تَحَرَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    to catchclassical

    To catch prey, specifically a lizard, by trickery.

تَحَرَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    to inciteboth

    To incite or provoke conflict between people or animals.

اِحْتَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to catchclassical

    To catch prey, specifically a lizard, by trickery.

اِحْتَرِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to acquireclassical

    To acquire or earn, especially for one's family.

حِرْشnoun
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    trackboth

    A mark or trace left behind.

حِرْشnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    A group or collection of people.

حُرَّاشnoun
  1. 1.
    groupclassical

    Plural of حِرْش (ḥirsh), meaning a group or collection.

حُرَشِيّname
  1. 1.
    belonging to Banu Hurashboth

    A nisba (attribution) indicating descent from or affiliation with the tribe or family of Hurash.

حُرَيْشnoun
  1. 1.
    small creatureclassical

    A small insect-like creature, about the size of a finger, with many legs.

حُرَيْشnoun
  1. 1.
    ear miteclassical

    A type of mite or parasite found in the ear.

حُرَيْشname
  1. 1.
    poet's nameclassical

    A name of a poet, Ibn Hilal al-Quray'i.

حُرَيْشname
  1. 1.
    tribal affiliationclassical

    A name indicating affiliation with various tribes like Qays, Azd, Kalb, and Ansar.

حُرَيْشnoun
  1. 1.
    camel with drooping lipsclassical

    A camel with drooping lips, often due to eating thorny plants.

حُرَيْشnoun
  1. 1.
    rhinocerosclassical

    A rhinoceros.

حُرَيْشnoun
  1. 1.
    marine animalclassical

    A type of marine animal.

حُرَيْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    skilled handclassical

    Literally 'my little rough one', used metaphorically to mean 'my skilled hand' or 'my mastery'.

حُرْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roughnessboth

    A state of being rough or coarse.

أَحْرَشadjective
  1. 1.
    roughclassical

    Rough or coarse, especially referring to a coin due to its age or minting.

أَحْرَشadjective
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    rough-skinnedclassical

    Rough-skinned, applied to a lizard.

حِرَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    black and sheddingclassical

    Describing something black and shedding its skin, like a snake, because it 'harashes' lizards.

حِرَاشname
  1. 1.
    name of a narratorclassical

    A name of a narrator, Ibn Malik, who heard Yahya bin Ubayd.

حَرْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    roughboth

    Rough or coarse in texture, clearly showing roughness.

حَرْشَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

حَرْشَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    wild mustardclassical

    A type of wild mustard plant.

حَرْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    mangyclassical

    Mangy or scabby, applied to a female camel.

حَرْشُونnoun
  1. 1.
    burrclassical

    A small, hard, prickly seed pod that attaches to wool.

حَرْشُونadjective
  1. 1.
    sleeplessclassical

    One who does not sleep.

حَرْشُونadjective
  1. 1.
    hungryclassical

    One who is hungry.

حِرْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roughnessboth

    The quality of being rough or coarse.

مُحَرِّشname
  1. 1.
    hadith narratorboth

    A name of a hadith narrator, Muhammad bin Musa al-Harshi.

Parallel reading

حرش الضب يحرشه حرشا وتحراشا: صاده، كاحترشه
The lizard is caught, he catches it, a catching and a catching: he hunts it, like he hunts it.
وذلك بأن يحرك يده على باب جحره ليظنه حية، فيخرج ذنبه ليضربها، فيأخذه
This is done by moving his hand over the entrance of its burrow, making it think it is a snake, so it extends its tail to strike it, and then it is captured.
ومن المثل: "هذا أجل من الحرش"
And from the proverb: 'This is more destined than the Harash (a lie)'.
وفلانا: خدشه
And [he scratched] so-and-so: he scratched him.
وجاريته: جامعها مستلقية
And his female slave: he had intercourse with her while she was lying on her back.
والحرش: الأثر، والجماعة ج: حراش
And al-Harsh: the trace, and the group, plural: Hurash.
والحريش: دويبة قدر الإصبع، بأرجل كثيرة
And al-Harish: a small creature about the size of a finger, with many legs.
وأخرجت له حريشتي، أي: ملك يدي
And I brought out for him my little rough one, meaning: my mastery of hand.
والحرشة، بالضم: الخشونة
And al-Harshah, with dammah: roughness.
ودينار أحرش: خشن لجدته
And an Ahrash dinar: rough due to its age.
وكذا ضب أحرش
And likewise a rough lizard.
والحراش، ككتان: الأسود السالخ، لأنه يحرش الضباب
And al-Harash, like Kattan: the black one that sheds, because it 'harashes' the lizards.
وحية حرشاء، بينة الحرش، محركة: خشنة
And a rough snake, clearly rough, with harakah: coarse.
والحرشاء: نبت، أو خردل البر، والجرباء من النوق
And al-Harsha': a plant, or wild mustard, and the mangy one of the female camels.
والحرشون، كحلزون: حسكة صغيرة صلبة تتعلق بصوف الشاء
And al-Harshun, like Halazun: a small, hard burr that attaches to sheep's wool.
وككتف: من لا ينام، وقيل: جوعا
And like Katif: one who does not sleep, and it was said: out of hunger.
والتحريش: الإغراء بين القوم أو الكلاب
And al-Tahreesh: incitement between people or dogs.
واحترش لعياله: اكتسب
And he acquired for his family: he earned.
وأحرش الهناء البعير: بثره
And al-Hanaa' caused the camel to have pustules: it made it blister.
ومحمد بن موسى الحرشي، محركة: محدث
And Muhammad bin Musa al-Harshi, with harakah: a hadith narrator.