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الوشغ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of scarcity, reduction, and dilution, often in a negative or diminished sense. It extends to actions of administering something in small quantities, as well as metaphorical staining or contamination.

Derived headwords

الْوَشْغnoun
  1. 1.
    Scarcityboth

    A small amount or quantity of something.

وَشِغٌnoun
  1. 1.
    What is administeredclassical

    That which is given or administered into the mouth, like medicine or food.

وَشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    To throw urineboth

    To expel urine, to urinate.

أَوْشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    To administerclassical

    To give something to drink or administer it into the mouth.

  2. 2.
    To reduce a giftclassical

    To give a gift in a small quantity or to reduce its amount.

تَوْشِيغnoun
  1. 1.
    Staining with bloodclassical

    The act of smearing a garment with blood, causing streaks or patterns to appear on it.

تَوَشَّغَverb
  1. 1.
    To be stained with evilclassical

    To become tainted or stained with something bad or evil.

اسْتَوْشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    To draw water with a weak bucketclassical

    To draw water using a bucket that is weak or has a faulty rope.

Parallel reading

القليل
The little/scanty amount.
ما يوجر في الفم
What is administered into the mouth.
وشغ ببوله، كوعد: رمى به
He urinated, like the verb 'wa'ada': he threw it.
كأوشغ
As in 'awshagha'.
أوشغه: أوجره
He administered it: he gave it to drink.
و العطية: قللها
And the gift: he reduced its quantity.
التوشيغ: تلطيخ الثوب بالدم حتى يصير عليه طرائق
The smearing: staining a garment with blood until streaks appear on it.
وتوشغ بالسوء: تلطخ به
And he became stained with evil: he was tainted by it.
واستوشغ: استقى بدلو واهية
And he drew water: he drew it with a weak bucket.