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الغشن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking or hitting with a weapon, particularly a stick or sword. It also extends to concepts of being covered or mixed with foreign matter, such as animal droppings in water, or the state of crops after harvesting.

Derived headwords

غَشَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeboth

    To strike or hit with a stick or a sword.

الغَشْنnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingboth

    The act of striking with a stick or a sword.

كَثَمَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crop distressclassical

    The distress or difficulty of crops after they have been harvested.

تَغَشَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be coveredclassical

    Water becoming mixed with animal droppings in a pond or similar body of water.

Parallel reading

الغَشْن: الضرب بالعصا وبالسيف.
Al-ghashn: Striking with a stick and with a sword.
وكثمامة: الكرابة بعد الصرام.
And kathama: The distress after harvesting.
وتغشن الماء: ركبه البعر في غدير ونحوه.
And taghashshana the water: Animal droppings settled upon it in a pond and the like.