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المحش

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes intensity and destruction. It covers intense sexual intercourse, voracious eating, the stripping of skin, and the destructive force of floods. It also relates to burning and the gathering of people.

Derived headwords

المَحْشnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense intercourseclassical

    Refers to the intensity and vigor of sexual intercourse.

  2. 2.
    Intense eatingclassical

    Denotes voracious or intense eating, consuming food with great eagerness.

  3. 3.
    Stripping of skinclassical

    The act of peeling or stripping skin off flesh.

  4. 4.
    Flood's destructive forceclassical

    The power of a flood to sweep away whatever it passes over.

المَحْشverb
  1. 1.
    To have intense intercourseclassical

    To engage in sexual intercourse with great intensity or force.

  2. 2.
    To eat intenselyclassical

    To eat voraciously or with great intensity.

  3. 3.
    To strip skinclassical

    To peel or strip skin from flesh.

  4. 4.
    To be swept away by floodclassical

    To be carried away or destroyed by the force of a flood.

الماحِشadjective
  1. 1.
    Voracious eaterclassical

    One who eats excessively, to the point of having a large belly.

  2. 2.
    Burningclassical

    One who is burning or consumed by fire.

المُمَحِّشadjective
  1. 1.
    Burningclassical

    One who is burning or consumed by fire; similar to الماحش.

المُحْتَرِقadjective
  1. 1.
    Burnt

    Something that has been burned or consumed by fire.

المَحاشnoun
  1. 1.
    Goods, furnishings

    Refers to possessions, belongings, furniture, and household goods.

المَحاشnoun
  1. 1.
    Confederation by fireclassical

    A group of people from various tribes who gather around a fire and form an alliance.

امْتَحَشَverb
  1. 1.
    To burnclassical

    To be consumed by fire; to burn up.

Parallel reading

المحش، كالمنع: شدة النكاح
Al-mahsh, like al-man', is intense intercourse.
وشدة الأكل
And intense eating.
وقشر الجلد من اللحم
And stripping the skin from the flesh.
واقتلاع السيل لما مر عليه
And the flood's sweeping away of what it passes over.
والماحش: الكثير الأكل حتى يعظم بطنه
And al-māḥish is one who eats excessively until his belly becomes large.
والمحرق، كالممحش
And al-muḥriq, like al-mumḥish.
والمحاش، كغراب: المحترق
And al-maḥāsh, like ghurāb, means burnt.
وبالفتح: المتاع، والأثاث
And with the fatḥa (al-maḥāsh): goods, furnishings.
وبالكسر: القوم يجتمعون من قبائل شتى، فيتحالفون عند النار
And with the kasra (al-maḥāsh): people who gather from various tribes, and they form an alliance by the fire.
وامتحش: احترق
And imtaḥasha means to burn.