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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of erasing, obliterating, or removing something, whether it be physical traces, sins, or even darkness. It extends to related ideas like a stain or darkness on the moon, a cleansing rain, or a tool for removal.

Derived headwords

مَحَا يَمْحُوهُ وَيَمْحَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to erase, obliterateboth

    To remove the trace or effect of something, causing it to disappear.

أَذْهَبَ أَثَرَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to remove its traceclassical

    To cause the mark or evidence of something to vanish.

مَحَا هُوَverb
  1. 1.
    he erasedboth

    He himself performed the act of erasing or obliterating.

اِمْتَحَىverb
  1. 1.
    to be erasedboth

    To have one's trace or effect removed; to become obliterated.

اِمْتِحَاءًnoun
  1. 1.
    erasureclassical

    The act or state of being erased or obliterated.

المَحْوnoun
  1. 1.
    darkness on the moonclassical

    The dark or shadowy part seen on the moon, especially during its phases.

المَحْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cleansing rainclassical

    A rain that washes away drought, shame, or hardship.

  2. 2.
    waspclassical

    A type of stinging insect, also known as a hornet.

المَاحِيname
  1. 1.
    The Eraser (Prophet Muhammad)classical

    A title for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), signifying that God erases disbelief through him.

المِمْحَاةnoun
  1. 1.
    eraser, rubber

    A tool, often a cloth, used to remove things like semen stains or other marks.

Parallel reading

مَحَاهُ يَمْحُوهُ وَيَمْحَاهُ: أَذْهَبَ أَثَرَهُ
He erased it, he obliterates it and he erases it: he removed its trace.
فَمَحَا هُوَ وَامْتَحَى
So he erased, and it was erased.
وَامْتَحَى قَلِيلَةً
And it was erased, rarely.
وَالمَحْوُ: السَّوَادُ فِي القَمَرِ
And al-mahw: the blackness on the moon.
وَالمَحْوَةُ: المَطَرَةُ تَمْحُو الجَدْبَ، وَالعَارَ، وَالسَّاعَةَ
And al-mahwah: the rain that erases drought, shame, and hardship.
وَبِلَا لَامٍ: اسْمُ الدَّبُورِ
And without 'al-': the name of the wasp.
وَالمَاحِي: النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَمْحُو اللهُ بِهِ الكُفْرَ
And al-Mahi: the Prophet, peace be upon him, God erases disbelief through him.
وَالمِمْحَاةُ، بِالكَسْرِ: خِرْقَةٌ يُزَالُ بِهَا المَنِيُّ وَنَحْوُهُ
And al-mimhah, with kasra: a cloth by which semen and the like is removed.