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الدوش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns visual impairments and defects of the eye. It describes conditions like darkness of vision, narrowness of the eye, or a squint, as well as the deterioration of the eye due to disease.

Derived headwords

الدَّوْشnoun
  1. 1.
    visual obscurityclassical

    Darkness of vision, a state where sight is obscured or diminished.

  2. 2.
    narrowness of the eyeclassical

    A condition characterized by a narrow or constricted eye.

  3. 3.
    squintclassical

    A condition where the eye turns inward or outward, also known as strabismus.

دَوَّشَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to deteriorate (eye)classical

    The eye became corrupted or deteriorated due to a disease that afflicted it.

أَدْوِشadjective
  1. 1.
    afflicted with eye diseaseclassical

    Describing a male person whose eye is corrupted or deteriorated due to disease.

دَوْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    afflicted with eye diseaseclassical

    Describing a female person whose eye is corrupted or deteriorated due to disease.

Parallel reading

الدَّوْش، محركة: ظلمة البصر، وضيق العين، أو حولها.
Al-dawsh, with harakah: darkness of vision, narrowness of the eye, or a squint.
وَدَوَّشَتْ عينه، كفرح: فسدت من داء أصابها، وهو أدوش، وهي دوشاء.
And his eye deteriorated, as in 'faraha': it became corrupted from a disease that afflicted it; he is 'adwush', and she is 'dawshaa'.