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الوبش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of mixture, mingling, or being mixed, often with negative connotations of being common, base, or disordered. It also extends to physical manifestations of mixture like spots or blemishes, and actions related to stirring or becoming active.

Derived headwords

وَبَشٌnoun
  1. 1.
    white spots on nailclassical

    Refers to white spots or blemishes that appear on a fingernail.

  2. 2.
    scabby patchesclassical

    Refers to scattered, spreading patches of scabies on a camel's skin.

وَبِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be mixedclassical

    To be mixed or mingled, often referring to people or things that are of mixed or base origin.

وَبَشٌadjective
  1. 1.
    mixed, baseclassical

    Describing something or someone as mixed, common, or of low origin.

أَوْبَاشٌnoun
  1. 1.
    mixed crowds, rabbleclassical

    Refers to mixed groups of people, the common folk, or the rabble; the lowest class of society.

وابشname
  1. 1.
    name of a tribe/clanclassical

    A proper name, referring to a specific lineage or group, such as Banu Wabish bin Zayd bin Adwan or Wabish bin Dahmah within the Hamdan tribe.

وابشverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenclassical

    To move quickly or hasten.

أَرْضٌ وَبَشَتْverb
  1. 1.
    land sprouted mixed vegetationclassical

    When the land sprouts vegetation that is mixed or varied.

تَوْبِيشٌnoun
  1. 1.
    stirring of embersclassical

    The action of embers moving or being stirred by the wind, causing them to glow and become visible.

تَعَلَّقُواverb
  1. 1.
    clung to, became involved inclassical

    To cling to or become involved in a matter from all sides, suggesting entanglement or widespread participation.

Parallel reading

النمنم الأبيض يكون على الظفر
The white spots that appear on the nail.
والرقط من الجرب يتفشى في جلد البعير
And the scattered patches of scabies that spread on the camel's skin.
فهو وبش
And he is mixed/common.
واحد الأوباش: الأخلاط، والسفلة
The singular of 'awbash' is 'mixtures' and 'the base/rabble'.
وبنو وابش بن زيد بن عدوان: بطن
And Banu Wabish bin Zayd bin Adwan: a clan.
ووابش بن دهمة: في همدان
And Wabish bin Dahmah: is among Hamdan.
ووابش: أسرع
And 'wabish' means: he hastened.
والأرض: أنبتت، أو اختلط نباتها
And the land: it sprouted, or its vegetation became mixed.
ووبش الجمر توبيشا: تحركت له الريح، فظهر بصيصه
And the embers moved with a 'tawbish': the wind stirred them, so their glow appeared.
وتعلق القوم في أمر: تعلقوا به من كل مكان
And the people became involved in a matter: they clung to it from all sides.