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مشظ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the idea of something sharp piercing or entering, particularly thorns or splinters into the hand. It also extends to physical contact between body parts and selecting or taking something from a place or person.

Derived headwords

مَشَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pierced by thornboth

    To be pricked by a thorn or a splinter, such that a piece enters the hand.

  2. 2.
    to touch (body parts)classical

    When one of the calf muscles touches the other.

  3. 3.
    to show tendonclassical

    For an animal's tendon to become visible through its flesh.

مَشْظٌnoun
  1. 1.
    splinterboth

    A piece of thorn or wood that enters the hand.

مَشْظَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    splinterboth

    A shard or splinter, similar to 'shathiyyah'.

  2. 2.
    secrecyclassical

    Something hidden or secret, particularly in the context of news or information.

تَمَشْظَverb
  1. 1.
    to select a placeclassical

    To choose or select a place, implying it is the best or most suitable.

  2. 2.
    to take fromclassical

    To take something from a person.

Parallel reading

مَسَّ الشَّوْكُ أَوْ الْجِذْعُ، فَدَخَلَ فِي يَدِهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ
The thorn or the trunk pricked, and a piece of it entered his hand.
وَالرَّجُلُ: أَصَابَتْ إِحْدَى رَبْلَتَيْهِ الْأُخْرَى
And for a man: one of his calf muscles struck the other.
وَالدَّابَّةُ: ظَهَرَ عَصَبُهَا مِنْ لَحْمِهَا
And for an animal: its tendon appeared through its flesh.
وَالْمَشْظُ: الَّذِي يَدْخُلُ فِي الْيَدِ مِنَ الشَّوْكِ
And the 'mashath': that which enters the hand from the thorn.
وَالْمَشْظَةُ، بِالْكَسْرِ: الشَّظِيَّةُ
And 'al-mashathah', with kasr: the splinter.
وَبِالْفَتْحِ مِنَ الْأَخْبَارِ: الْخَفِيَّةُ
And with fath from the news: the hidden thing.
وَمَشْظَ الْبَلَدَ: تَخَيَّرَهُ
And he selected the place: he chose it.
وَفُلَانًا: أَخَذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا
And so-and-so: he took something from him.