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الوشوشة

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of lightness, quickness, and subtle movement. It extends to include hushed or indistinct speech, and also describes swift animals like ostriches.

Derived headwords

وَشْوَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to whisperboth

    To speak in a low, indistinct voice, often to oneself or to someone nearby.

  2. 2.
    to rustleclassical

    To make a soft, dry sound, like leaves or fabric moving.

الْوُشْوَاشُnoun
  1. 1.
    lightness, quicknessclassical

    A quality of being light, swift, or agile.

  2. 2.
    indistinct speechclassical

    Speech that is unclear, mixed, or whispered.

  3. 3.
    swift ostrichclassical

    A light and swift-moving ostrich.

وَشْوَاشٌadjective
  1. 1.
    light, quickclassical

    Describing something or someone as light, swift, or agile.

وَشْوَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to hand over quicklyclassical

    To pass something to someone with haste or lightness.

وَشْوَشِيُّ الذِّرَاعِadjective
  1. 1.
    swift-armedclassical

    Describing a man with quick or agile arms.

تَوَشْوَشُواverb
  1. 1.
    they movedclassical

    To move with quickness or lightness.

  2. 2.
    they whispered to each otherclassical

    To engage in mutual whispering or secret communication.

نَاقَةٌ وَشْوَاشَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    swift she-camelclassical

    A she-camel characterized by its speed and lightness of movement.

Parallel reading

الخفة، وهو وشواش، وكلام في اختلاط.
Lightness, and he is swift, and speech in confusion.
وهو وشواش
and he is swift
وكلام في اختلاط
and speech in confusion
ووشوشته: ناولته إياه بقلة.
And his whispering: I handed it to him with lightness.
ورجل وشوشي الذراع: نشيشيه.
And a man swift of arm: his swiftness.
وتوشوشوا: تحركوا،
And they moved quickly: they moved,
وهمس بعضهم إلى بعض.
and some of them whispered to each other.
والوشواش: الخفيف من النعام.
And the swift one: the light one of the ostriches.
وناقة وشواشة.
And a swift she-camel.