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الوخش

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of inferiority, baseness, and the undesirable. It encompasses low-quality things, the lowest strata of people, and actions associated with being mean or contemptible. It also touches on concepts of giving little and mixing.

Derived headwords

الوخشnoun
  1. 1.
    area beyond the riverclassical

    Refers to a region located beyond a river.

  2. 2.
    inferiority, basenessboth

    Denotes the low quality or baseness of anything.

  3. 3.
    scum, dregsboth

    Refers to the lowest and most worthless people, their refuse.

أوخاشnoun
  1. 1.
    scum, dregs (plural)both

    A plural form referring to the lowest and most worthless people.

وخاشnoun
  1. 1.
    scum, dregs (plural)both

    Another plural form referring to the lowest and most worthless people.

وخشnoun
  1. 1.
    baseness, inferiorityboth

    Denotes baseness or inferiority, used for singular and plural, masculine and feminine.

خشverb
  1. 1.
    to be base, inferiorclassical

    To be base or inferior in quality or character.

خشاشةnoun
  1. 1.
    baseness, inferiorityclassical

    A noun denoting baseness or inferiority.

خوشوشةnoun
  1. 1.
    baseness, inferiorityclassical

    A noun denoting baseness or inferiority.

أوخشverb
  1. 1.
    to give littleclassical

    To give a small amount of something, to be stingy with a gift.

توخيشnoun
  1. 1.
    giving littleclassical

    The act of giving a small amount, stinginess with a gift.

وخش له بعطيةverb
  1. 1.
    to give little of a giftclassical

    To give a small amount of a gift to someone.

وخش في عرضهverb
  1. 1.
    to disparage, defameclassical

    To affect someone's honor or reputation negatively, to disparage or defame them.

وخش الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    to mix, confuseclassical

    To mix or confuse something.

وخش القومverb
  1. 1.
    to return arrowsclassical

    To return the arrows to the quiver or lot-drawing pool for another round.

توخشverb
  1. 1.
    to throw by handclassical

    To throw something with one's hand.

  2. 2.
    to obey, submitclassical

    To yield or submit to someone.

توخيشاnoun
  1. 1.
    throwing by handclassical

    The act of throwing something with one's hand.

  2. 2.
    obedience, submissionclassical

    The act of yielding or submitting.

Parallel reading

الوخش: د بما وراء النهر
Al-Wakhsh: a region beyond the river.
والرديء من كل شيء
And the inferior of everything.
ورذال الناس، وسقاطهم
And the base people, and their refuse.
للوحد والجمع، والمذكر والمؤنث
For the singular and plural, and masculine and feminine.
وقد يقال في الجمع: أوخاش ووخاش
And it may be said in the plural: awkhash and wakhsh.
وخش، ككرم
Wakhsh, like karuma (to be noble).
وخشاشة ووخوشة
And wakhshashah and wakhushah.
وأوخش له بعطية: أقلها
And 'awkhasha lahu bi-'aṭiyyatin': to give little of a gift.
كوخش توخيشا
Like wakhsha, tukheesha.
و في عرضه: أثر فيه، وتنقصه
And 'wakhasha fi 'irḍihi': affected him, and disparaged him.
و الشيء: خلطه
And the thing: to mix it.
و القوم: ردوا السهام في الربابة مرة أخرى
And the people: they returned the arrows to the quiver/lot again.
وتوخش توخيشا: ألقى بيده وأطاع
And 'tawakhkhasha tukheesha': he threw with his hand and obeyed.