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خدشه

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of scratching, scraping, or tearing at a surface, often lightly. It extends to describe the resulting mark, and metaphorically to things that cause such damage or are associated with it, like insects or specific body parts.

Derived headwords

خَدَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratchboth

    To make a light scratch or abrasion on a surface, such as skin or wood.

  2. 2.
    to tearboth

    To tear or rip something, whether the damage is slight or significant.

  3. 3.
    to peelclassical

    To scrape off the surface layer of something, like skin or bark, with a stick or similar object.

خَدْشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratch markboth

    The mark or trace left by scratching or abrasion.

خُدوشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchesboth

    Plural of scratch; the marks left by scratching.

  2. 2.
    fliesclassical

    A name for flies.

  3. 3.
    fleasclassical

    A name for fleas.

خَدَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchboth

    A slight scratch or abrasion.

الخادِشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    edges of the sand duneclassical

    The extremities or edges of a sand dune, so named because they can be scraped or abraded.

ابن سلامةname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Salamaclassical

    A companion (Sahabi) named Ibn Salama.

ابن أبي سلامةname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Abi Salamaclassical

    A companion (Sahabi) named Ibn Abi Salama.

ابن زهيرname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Zuhayrclassical

    A poet named Ibn Zuhayr.

ابن حميدname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Hamidclassical

    A poet named Ibn Hamid.

ابن بشرname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Bishrclassical

    A poet named Ibn Bishr.

مِنْبَرnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's humpclassical

    The hump of a camel.

مُحَدَّثnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's humpclassical

    The hump of a camel.

المِخْدَشnoun
  1. 1.
    catclassical

    A cat.

المُخادِشnoun
  1. 1.
    catclassical

    A cat.

Parallel reading

خمشه
He scratched him.
والجلد: مزقه، قل أو كثر
And the skin: he tore it, whether little or much.
أو قشره بعود ونحوه
Or he scraped its surface with a stick or similar.
ومننه قيل لأطراف السفا: الخادشة
And from this, the edges of the sand dune were called Al-Khadisha.
والخدش: اسم لذلك الأثر أيضا
And Al-Khadsh: is the name for that mark as well.
ج: خدوش
Plural: Khudoosh.
والخدوش: الذباب، والبرغوث
And Al-Khudoosh: are flies and fleas.
وككتاب: ابن سلامة أو أبي سلامة، صحابي
And like Kitab: Ibn Salama or Ibn Abi Salama, a companion.
وابن زهير، وابن حميد، وابن بشر: شعراء
And Ibn Zuhayr, Ibn Hamid, and Ibn Bishr: poets.
وكمنبر ومحدث: كاهل البعير
And like Minbar and Muhaddath: the hump of a camel.
والمخادش والمخدش، كمحدث: الهر
And Al-Makhadesh and Al-Makhdush, like Muhaddath: the cat.
وسموا مخادشا
And they named them Makhadesh.