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المدش

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a state of weakness, emaciation, or deficiency, often related to physical appearance or condition. It can also refer to actions of taking or giving sparingly, and in a figurative sense, to theft or cunning.

Derived headwords

المَدْشُnoun
  1. 1.
    dimness of the eyeboth

    A dimness or dullness of the eye, caused by hunger or heat.

  2. 2.
    weakness of the handboth

    A weakness or flaccidity of the nerves of the hand, with little flesh and thinness.

  3. 3.
    slendernessboth

    Thinness or slenderness, particularly in relation to flesh.

  4. 4.
    swiftness in gaitboth

    A swiftness or agility in walking, often associated with a good gait.

  5. 5.
    joint crackingboth

    The cracking or rubbing together of the inner wrists.

  6. 6.
    redness and roughnessboth

    A redness and roughness of the face.

أَمَدَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be emaciatedclassical

    To be lean, emaciated, or lacking in flesh.

  2. 2.
    to be weak-mindedclassical

    To be lacking in intellect or understanding.

مَدْشَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciated (she-camel)classical

    Describing a she-camel that is lean and emaciated.

مُدَاشُ الْيَدِadjective
  1. 1.
    thievishclassical

    Describing a person whose hand is prone to stealing; a thief.

مَدْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    lightnessclassical

    A lightness or lack of substance in one's flesh.

مَدَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat littleclassical

    To consume a small amount of food.

  2. 2.
    to give littleclassical

    To bestow or give a small quantity of something.

مَدْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    giving littleclassical

    The act of giving a small amount.

مَدْوَشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    giving littleclassical

    The act of giving a small amount.

أَمَدَشَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to give littleclassical

    He gave me little.

مَدَّشَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to give littleclassical

    He gave me little.

تَمَدَّشَverb
  1. 1.
    to give littleclassical

    He gave me little.

امْتَدَشَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to takeclassical

    To take something.

  2. 2.
    to stealclassical

    To steal or pilfer something stealthily.

Parallel reading

ظلمة العين من جوع أو حر
Dimness of the eye from hunger or heat.
رخاوة عصب اليد وقلة لحمها ودقتها
Flaccidity of the nerves of the hand, and its lack of flesh and thinness.
سرعة أوبها في حسن سير
Its swiftness in gait, in a good manner of walking.
اصطكاك بواطن الرسغين
The rubbing together of the inner wrists.
حمرة وخشونة في الوجه
Redness and roughness in the face.
رجل أمدش
An emaciated man.
ناقة مدشاء
An emaciated she-camel.
رجل مداش اليد
A man whose hand is thievish.
في لحمه مدشة
In his flesh there is lightness.
مدش: أكل قليلا
He ate a little.
وأعطى قليلا
And he gave a little.
وما مدشت منه مدشا ومدوشا
And I did not give him much, nor did he give me much.
وما مدشني ولا أمدشني ولا مدشني تمديشا
And he did not give me, nor did he give me, nor did he give me sparingly.
امتدشته: أخذته
I took it.
أو اختلسته
Or I stole it.