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وقش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to movement, stirring, and commotion, often associated with small, dry materials like twigs or dust. It can also refer to a group of people, particularly a disorderly crowd, and has been used to denote historical places or tribes.

Derived headwords

وقشname
  1. 1.
    tribeclassical

    A reference to a tribe or lineage, specifically mentioning the descendants of Salamah.

الوقشnoun
  1. 1.
    small twigsboth

    Refers to small pieces of dry wood or twigs.

  2. 2.
    commotionclassical

    A disturbance or commotion, often implying a restless movement.

الوقشةnoun
  1. 1.
    movementboth

    The act of moving or stirring.

  2. 2.
    small twigsboth

    Refers to small pieces of dry wood or twigs.

وقشverb
  1. 1.
    to stirboth

    To move or be in motion, often referring to internal movement within the body.

وقشverb
  1. 1.
    to decayclassical

    To become worn down or decayed, like a ruin.

وقشname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name, specifically referring to a location near Sana'a.

الأوقاشnoun
  1. 1.
    rabbleclassical

    A disorderly crowd or rabble of people.

أقيشname
  1. 1.
    tribe (diminutive)classical

    A diminutive form referring to a tribe or lineage, derived from 'waqsh'.

توقشverb
  1. 1.
    to moveboth

    To move or be in motion, indicating a state of stirring.

Parallel reading

د قرب صنعاء
Dhu Qarba, near Sana'a.
وابن زغبة: من الأوس، وابنه رفاعة، وأحفاده: سلمة بن ثابت، وسلمة، وسلكان، وسعد، وأوس، بنو سلامة، وعباد بن بشر: كلهم صحابيون.
And Ibn Zughbah: from the Aws, and his son Rifaa'ah, and his grandsons: Salamah bin Thabit, and Salamah, and Sulkaan, and Sa'd, and Aws, the sons of Salamah, and Abbad bin Bishr: all of them were Companions.
والوقش والوقشة، ويحركان: الحركة، والحس، وصغار الحطب.
And al-waqsh and al-waqshah, and they are vocalized with a damma: movement, sensation, and small pieces of firewood.
ووجد في بطنه وقشا، أي: حركة من ريح أو غيرها.
And he found in his stomach waqsh, meaning: movement from wind or other causes.
ووقش الرسم، كوعد: درس.
And waqasha the ruin, like wa'ada: it decayed.
والأوقاش: الأوباش.
And al-awqash: the rabble.
وبنو أقيش، تصغير وقش: حي، وكل واو مضمومة همزها جائز في صدر الكلمة، وهو في حشوها أقل.
And the sons of Aqaysh, a diminutive of waqsh: a tribe. And for every damma-vowelled waw, its hamzation is permissible at the beginning of a word, and it is less common in the middle.
وتوقش: تحرك.
And tawaqasha: it moved.