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ما

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of 'thing' or 'what'. It also encompasses related ideas of adornment and the act of preparing or cultivating land.

Derived headwords

مَاparticle
  1. 1.
    whatboth

    An interrogative or relative pronoun, asking about or referring to a thing.

  2. 2.
    thingboth

    A general term for an unspecified object or entity.

  3. 3.
    notboth

    A particle used for negation.

حَرْبَصِيصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    adornmentclassical

    A piece of jewelry or adornment, often referring to something worn for beauty.

حَرْبَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to adornclassical

    To decorate or embellish, particularly with jewelry.

بَرْبَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to prepare landclassical

    To cultivate or prepare land, possibly for sowing or planting.

Parallel reading

ما عليه حربصيصة
What is upon her is adornment.
أي: شيء من الحلي
Meaning: a thing of jewelry.
وحربص الأرض: بربصها
And to 'harbasa' the land means to 'barbasa' it.