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المغص

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns pain and discomfort in the abdomen, often described as cramping or colic. It also extends to a figurative sense of heaviness or sluggishness in a person.

Derived headwords

مَغَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    abdominal painboth

    A pain located in the stomach or intestines, often characterized by cramping.

  2. 2.
    colicboth

    Severe, often spasmodic pain in the abdomen.

مَغَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to have abdominal painboth

    To experience pain in the abdomen, particularly cramping or colic.

مُمَغُوصٌadjective
  1. 1.
    suffering from colicboth

    One who is experiencing abdominal pain or colic.

أَمْغَاصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    abdominal painsboth

    Plural of 'maghṣ', referring to multiple instances or types of abdominal pain.

مَغَصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sluggishnessclassical

    A state of being slow, heavy, or sluggish, used figuratively to describe a person.

Parallel reading

المغص، ويحرك ووهم الجوهري: وجع في البطن
Al-maghṣ, and it is vocalized with a fatha and a sukūn, and al-Jawharī mistakenly thought: pain in the abdomen.
مغص، كعني، فهو ممغوص
He suffered from colic, like 'ani, so he is one suffering from colic.
والمغص: المأص ج: أمغاص، أو هو جمع لا واحد له من لفظه
And al-maghṣ: is the colic, plural: amghāṣ, or it is a plural for which there is no singular of its form.
وقالوا: فلان مغص، من المغص، إذا كان ثقيلا
And they said: So-and-so is maghaṣ, from al-maghṣ, if he is sluggish.