مه

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns gentleness, ease, and the ability to endure or tolerate. It extends to concepts of softness, beauty, and a moderate pace. It also encompasses notions of hope, the distant and desolate, and restraint.

Derived headwords

مَهَهَverb

1.
to be gentle withboth
To treat camels with gentleness and kindness.

مَهَهَverb

1.
to be softboth
To be soft, yielding, or tender.

مَهَهٌnoun

1.
softnessboth
The quality of being soft, tender, or yielding.
2.
beautyboth
Comeliness and attractiveness.
3.
gentle paceboth
A moderate and easy pace of travel.

مَهَاهٌnoun

1.
softnessboth
The quality of being soft, tender, or yielding.
2.
beautyboth
Comeliness and attractiveness.
3.
gentle paceboth
A moderate and easy pace of travel.

مَهَاهَةٌnoun

1.
softnessboth
The quality of being soft, tender, or yielding.
2.
beautyboth
Comeliness and attractiveness.
3.
gentle paceboth
A moderate and easy pace of travel.

مَهَمَهٌnoun

1.
hopeboth
Expectation and desire for something to happen.
2.
easeboth
Something that is easy to bear or endure.

مَهْمَهٌnoun

1.
distant desertboth
A vast, desolate, and remote desert or wasteland.
2.
barren landboth
An uninhabited and desolate region.

مَهْمَهَةٌnoun

1.
distant desertboth
A vast, desolate, and remote desert or wasteland.
2.
barren landboth
An uninhabited and desolate region.

مَهَامِهٌnoun

1.
distant desertsboth
Plural of 'mahamah', referring to vast, desolate, and remote deserts or wastelands.

مَهْمَهَهُverb

1.
to say 'stop'both
To tell someone to stop or refrain, often by saying 'mah mah'.
2.
to preventboth
To hinder or prevent someone from doing something, such as traveling.

تَمَهْمَهَverb

1.
to stopboth
To cease an action or movement; to hold back or refrain.
2.
to be restrainedboth
To be held back or prevented from proceeding.

Parallel reading

مه الإبل: رفق بها.

To be gentle with camels: to treat them kindly.

وكفرح: لان.

And like 'faraha': to be soft or yielding.

والمهاه: الطراوة، والحسن، والحسن، والرفيق من السير، كالمهه، محركة.

And 'al-mahah': softness, beauty, beauty, and a gentle pace of travel, like 'al-mahhah', with vowel movement.

ولو كان في هذا الأمر مهه ومهاه، لطلبته.

And if there were in this matter ease and gentleness, I would have sought it.

و"كل شيء مهه، محركة، ومهاه ومهاهة ما خلا النساء وذكرهن"، أي: يسير سهل يحتمله الرجل حتى يأتي ذكر حرمه، فيمتعض، أو كل شيء باطل إلا النساء، أو كل شيء قصد.

And 'everything is mahhah, with vowel movement, and mahah and mahahah except for women and their mention', meaning: it is easy and bearable for a man until the mention of his womenfolk comes, and he becomes indignant, or everything is vain except for women, or everything is intended.

والمهه، محركة: الرجاء، والمهل.

And 'al-mahhah', with vowel movement: hope, and ease.

والمهمه والمهمهة: المفازة البعيدة، والبلد المقفر ج: مهامه.

And 'al-mahamah' and 'al-mahamahah': the distant desert, and the desolate land, plural: 'mahamih'.

ومهمهه: قال له مه مه، أي: اكفف، و عن السفر: منعه.

And 'muhamhihih': he said to him 'mah mah', meaning: stop, and from travel: he prevented him.

وتمهمه: كف وارتدع.

And 'tamahmaha': he stopped and refrained.