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العنقاش

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a base or ignoble person, often one who travels and sells goods. It also extends to meanings related to clinging, thinness, and twisting or becoming rigid.

Derived headwords

العِنْقَاشadjective
  1. 1.
    base, ignobleclassical

    Describes a person who is base, ignoble, or of low character.

  2. 2.
    peddler, hawkerclassical

    Refers to someone who travels around villages selling various items.

العَنْقَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    clinging, attachmentboth

    The act of clinging or attaching oneself to something.

عَنْقَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciation, thinnessclassical

    A state of being thin or emaciated, lacking substance.

تَعَنْقَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to twist, writheboth

    To twist or writhe, often in discomfort or struggle.

  2. 2.
    to become rigid, stiffenclassical

    To become stiff, rigid, or hardened.

عَنْقَاشname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, used as a given name.

Parallel reading

العنقاش، بالكسر: اللئيم الوغد
Al-'unqāsh, with kasra: the base, ignoble person.
والذي يطوف في القرى يبيع الأشياء
And he who roams the villages selling things.
والعنقشة: التعلق بالشيء
And al-'anqashah: clinging to something.
وبلا هاء: الهزال
And without the 'taa' (suffix): emaciation.
وتعنقش: تلوى
And ta'anqasha: he twisted.
وتشدد
And became rigid.
وكجعفر: اسم
And like Ja'far: a name.