الوشم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of marking or tattooing the skin, often with a needle. It extends to related concepts like initial growth or coloring in plants, the appearance of lines or marks, and metaphorical applications to defects, speed, or the beginning of ripeness.

Derived headwords

الْوَشْمnoun

1.
tattooingboth
The act of pricking the skin with a needle and applying indigo or a similar substance.
2.
markboth
A mark or line, especially on the skin or on an animal.
3.
early growthclassical
The first appearance of a plant as it begins to sprout.

وُشُومnoun

1.
tattoosboth
Plural of الوشم, referring to tattoos or marks on the skin.
2.
lines on a gazelle's legsclassical
Stripes or lines seen on the legs of a gazelle.

وِشَامnoun

1.
tattoosboth
Another plural form for tattoos or marks.

وُشِمَverb

1.
to be tattooedboth
Passive form of the verb, meaning to have one's skin tattooed.

وَشَمَverb

1.
to tattooboth
To prick the skin with a needle and apply dye, creating a tattoo.

اسْتَوْشَمَverb

1.
to seek tattooingclassical
To request or seek to have a tattoo applied.

الْوُشُومnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, possibly referring to a location near Al-Yamamah.

ذُو الْوُشُومname

1.
a horse's nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Abdullah bin Adi Al-Burjami.

أَوْشَمَverb

1.
to begin to color (grapevine)classical
When a grapevine begins to change color, indicating ripening.
2.
to ripen (grapevine)classical
When a grapevine has reached full ripeness, becoming soft and pleasant.
3.
to show breasts (woman)classical
When a woman's breasts begin to become apparent.
4.
to become abundant (gray hair)classical
When gray hair becomes plentiful.
5.
to find pasture (camels)classical
When camels find a pasture that is marked or has signs of growth.
6.
to flash lightly (lightning)classical
When lightning flashes briefly.
7.
to begin (to do something)both
To commence or start doing something.
8.
to look intoclassical
To examine or look into a matter.

وَشْمَةnoun

1.
drop of rainclassical
A very small amount of rain, a single drop.
2.
a wordclassical
A single word or utterance.

الْوَشِيمَةnoun

1.
evilclassical
Harm, malice, or wickedness.
2.
enmityclassical
Hostility or opposition.

الْمُتَشَمَّةnoun

1.
woman who tattooed her vulvaclassical
A woman who tattooed her vulva, supposedly for aesthetic reasons.

الْمُوتَشِمَةnoun

1.
woman who tattooed her vulvaclassical
The original or root form of المتشمة, referring to a woman who tattooed her vulva.

Parallel reading

الْوَشْم، كالوعد: غرز الإبرة في البدن، وذر النيلج عليه

Tattooing, like 'wa'd', is pricking the body with a needle and smearing indigo upon it.

وقد وشمته، ووشمته.

And I tattooed him, and I tattooed him.

واستوشم: طلبه.

And 'istawshama' means: he sought it.

والوشم: شيء تراه من النبات أول ما ينبت

And 'al-washm' is something you see of a plant when it first sprouts.

ود قرب اليمامة.

And a place near Al-Yamamah.

والوشوم، بالضم: ع، و من المهاة: خطوط في ذراعيها.

And 'wushum', with damma, is a place name, and from the gazelles: lines on their forelegs.

وذو الوشوم: فرس عبد الله بن عدي البرجمي.

And Dhu al-Wushum: the horse of Abdullah bin Adi Al-Burjami.

وأوشم الكرم: ابتدأ يلون، أو تم نضجه، أو لان وطاب

And the grapevine 'awshama': it began to color, or its ripening was complete, or it became soft and pleasant.

وأوشمت المرأة: بدا ثديها

And the woman 'awshamat': her breasts began to show.

وأوشم الشيب فيه: كثر

And gray hair 'awshama' in it: it became abundant.

وأوشم في عرضه: عابه وسبه

And he 'awshama' in his honor: he defamed and reviled him.

وأوشم الإبل: صادفت مرعى موشما

And the camels 'awshama': they encountered a marked pasture.

وأوشم البرق: لمع خفيفا

And lightning 'awshama': it flashed lightly.

وفلان يفعل كذا: طفق

And so-and-so 'awshama' doing such-and-such: he began.

وأوشم فيه: نظر.

And he 'awshama' in it: he looked into it.

وما أصابتنا وشمة: قطرة مطر.

And we were not struck by a 'washmah': a drop of rain.

وما عصيته وشمة: كلمة.

And I did not disobey him by a 'washmah': a word.

والوشيمة: الشر، والعداوة.

And 'al-washimah': evil, and enmity.

وهو أعظم في نفسه من المتشمة: وهي امرأة وشمت استها ليكون أحسن لها، والأصل: الموتشمة.

And he is greater in himself than 'al-mutashammah': which is a woman who tattooed her vulva so it would be more beautiful for her, and the origin is 'al-mutawshimah'.