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العص

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of firmness, rigidity, and persistence. It extends to describe the tailbone, and metaphorically, stubbornness or insistence.

Derived headwords

وَعَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to be firmclassical

    To become solid and strong.

اِشْتَدَّverb
  1. 1.
    to intensifyboth

    To become strong, severe, or intense.

العُصْعُصnoun
  1. 1.
    tailboneboth

    The coccyx, the final section of the vertebral column.

العُصْعَصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tailbone painclassical

    Pain located in the tailbone area.

العُصْعُصadjective
  1. 1.
    stubbornclassical

    Describing someone who is stubborn, unyielding, and of little good.

العُصْعُصadjective
  1. 1.
    well-builtclassical

    Describing someone of a sturdy or well-formed physique.

العَصْنَصَىadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    Describing someone who is weak or feeble.

عَصَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to insistclassical

    To be persistent or insistent with a debtor.

تَعْصِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    insistenceclassical

    The act of being insistent or persistent.

Parallel reading

وَعَصَ، كَمُلَ: صَلُبَ، وَاشْتَدَّ.
Wa'asa, kamula: it became firm, and it intensified.
والعُصْعُصُ، كَقُنْفُذٍ: عَجْبُ الذَّنَبِ.
And al-'us'us, like qunfudh: the tailbone.
والعُصْعَصَةُ: وَجَعُهُ.
And al-'us'asah: its pain.
وكَقُنْفُذٍ: النَّكِدُ القَلِيلُ الخَيْرِ، والمَلْزَزُ الخَلْقِ.
And like qunfudh: the stubborn one of little good, and the well-built of physique.
والعَصْنَصَى: الضَّعِيفُ.
And al-'asnasa: the weak one.
وعَصَّصَ عَلَى غَرِيمِهِ تَعْصِيصًا: أَلَحَّ.
And he insisted upon his debtor with insistence: he was persistent.