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المرص

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of pressing, squeezing, or touching, often with the fingers. It also extends to concepts of speed and sudden departure or removal.

Derived headwords

مَرَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to press, squeezeboth

    To press or squeeze something, particularly a soft body part like a breast, using the fingers.

مَرْصnoun
  1. 1.
    pressing, squeezingboth

    The act of pressing or squeezing, specifically with the fingers, as applied to a breast or similar soft body part.

المَرْصnoun
  1. 1.
    pressing, squeezingboth

    The act of pressing or squeezing, specifically with the fingers, as applied to a breast or similar soft body part.

مَرَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to press, squeezeboth

    To press or squeeze something, particularly a soft body part like a breast, using the fingers.

تَمَرَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to peel off, strip awayclassical

    To peel or strip away a covering, such as the husk from grain.

مَرْوَصnoun
  1. 1.
    fast she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is swift and fast in its movement.

مَرْصverb
  1. 1.
    to precede, outrunclassical

    To go ahead of, to outrun, or to be faster than someone or something else.

Parallel reading

المرص للثدي ونحوه: الغمز بالأصابع.
Al-marṣ for a breast and the like: is pinching with the fingers.
والمروص، كصبور: الناقة السريعة.
And al-marwaṣ, like ṣabūr: is the swift she-camel.
ومرص: سبق.
And marṣ: means to precede or outrun.
وتمرص القشر عن السلت: طار.
And tamarraṣa the husk from the grain: means it flew off or was removed.