المشن

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of scraping, cutting, and seizing. It also encompasses concepts of injury, milking, and specific types of dates and animals.

Derived headwords

المَسْنnoun

1.
Scrapingboth
The act of scraping or rubbing something with a rough surface.

الخَدْشnoun

1.
Scratchboth
A superficial wound or mark made by scratching.

النِّكَاحnoun

1.
Marriageboth
The act or state of being married; union.

مَسْحُ اليَدِ بِخُشْنother

1.
Rubbing hand with roughclassical
The act of rubbing one's hand with a coarse or rough material.

ضَرْبٌ يُقَشِّرُ الجِلْدَother

1.
Striking to peel skinclassical
A blow delivered with a sword that peels off the skin.

اِمْتَشَنَهُverb

1.
To cut offclassical
To cut off or detach a part of something.
2.
To snatchclassical
To seize or take something suddenly and quickly.

اِسْتَلَّ السَّيْفَverb

1.
To draw the swordboth
To pull the sword out of its sheath.

حَلَبَ مَا فِي الضَّرْعِverb

1.
To milk the udderboth
To extract milk from an animal's udder.

كَمَشَنَverb

1.
To milkclassical
To milk an animal, similar to 'halaba'.

مَشْنَةnoun

1.
Woundclassical
A wound that is wide but not deep.

مَشَنَتِ النَّاقَةُverb

1.
Camel gave milk reluctantlyclassical
Said of a female camel that gives milk unwillingly.

المَوْشَانnoun

1.
Datesclassical
A type of excellent dates.
2.
Cityclassical
A city in Basra.
3.
Mountainclassical
A mountain.
4.
Wolfclassical
A predatory wolf.
5.
Womanclassical
A sharp-tongued or abusive woman.

اِمْتَشَنَ مِنْهُ مَا مَشَنَ لَكَother

1.
Take what you findclassical
An idiom meaning to take whatever is available or found.

Parallel reading

المشن: المسن، والخدش، والنكاح، ومسح اليد بخشن، وأن تضرب بالسيف ضربا يقشر الجلد.

Al-mashn: scraping, scratching, marriage, rubbing the hand with roughness, and striking with a sword a blow that peels the skin.

وامتشنه: اقتطعه، واختلسه

And 'imtanahu': to cut it off, and to snatch it.

والسيف: استله

And the sword: to draw it.

وحلب ما في الضرع، كمشن.

And to milk what is in the udder, like 'kamashana'.

وأصابته مشنة: وهي الجرح له سعة ولا غور له.

And a 'mashnah' afflicted him: which is a wound that has width but no depth.

ومشنت الناقة تمشينا: درت كارهة.

And the she-camel 'mashanat' (gave milk reluctantly): she gave milk unwillingly.

والموشان، بالضم وكغراب وكتاب: من أطيب الرطب

And 'al-mawshan', with damma, and like 'ghurab' and 'kitab': is from the finest dates.

وكحاب: ة بالبصرة

And like 'suhab': a city in Basra.

وككتاب: جبل، والذئب العادية، والمرأة السليطة.

And like 'kitab': a mountain, and a predatory wolf, and a sharp-tongued woman.

وامتشن منه ما مشن لك: خذ ما وجدت.

And 'imtashin minhu ma mashana lak': take what you find.