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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of erasing, obliterating, or removing something's trace or effect. It extends to the idea of making something disappear or become imperceptible.

Derived headwords

مَحَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to erase its traceboth

    To remove the mark, sign, or evidence of something, causing it to disappear.

يَمْحِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    he erases itboth

    The present tense form indicating the ongoing action of erasing or obliterating.

يَمْحَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    he erases itboth

    An alternative present tense form for the action of erasing or obliterating.

مَحْيَاnoun
  1. 1.
    erasureclassical

    The act or process of erasing or obliterating something, making its trace vanish.

  2. 2.
    place of erasureclassical

    A location where something is erased or where its traces are removed.

مُمَحِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    erasingclassical

    One who or that which erases or causes something to be erased.

مَمْحُوّadjective
  1. 1.
    erasedboth

    That whose trace or effect has been removed or obliterated.

Parallel reading

محاه يمحيه ويمحاه
He erased it, he erases it, and he erases it.
أذهب أثره
He removed its trace.
فهو ممحي وممحو
So it is erased and obliterated.