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ءسس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the foundation, origin, or base of something, whether literal (like a building) or abstract (like time). It also extends to concepts of origin, establishment, and even a specific poetic term and a sound used to drive away sheep.

Derived headwords

الأَسّnoun
  1. 1.
    the foundation of the buildingboth

    the foundation of the building

  2. 2.
    with madd, a well-known tree (myrtle)both

    with madd, a well-known tree (myrtle)

الأَسَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    likewise (foundation)both

    likewise (foundation)

الأُسُسnoun
  1. 1.
    with two fatha, shortened from itboth

    with two fatha, shortened from it

إساسnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'al-uss'both

    plural of 'al-uss'

  2. 2.
    plural of 'al-asas'both

    plural of 'al-asas'

  3. 3.
    the food became worm-eatenboth

    the food became worm-eaten

أسسnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'al-asās'both

    plural of 'al-asās'

  2. 2.
    he founded the building, a foundingboth

    he founded the building, a founding

آساسnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of 'al-uss'both

    plural of 'al-uss'

  2. 2.
    plural of 'al-asas'both

    plural of 'al-asas'

  3. 3.
    the food became worm-eatenboth

    the food became worm-eaten

أسّسَverb
  1. 1.
    plural of 'al-asās'both

    plural of 'al-asās'

  2. 2.
    he founded the building, a foundingboth

    he founded the building, a founding

تأسيساًnoun
  1. 1.
    foundingboth

    The act of establishing a foundation or basis.

  2. 2.
    establishmentboth

    The process of founding or setting something up.

أسnoun
  1. 1.
    origin of timeclassical

    The beginning or ancient past of time.

إسnoun
  1. 1.
    origin of timeclassical

    An alternative form for the beginning or ancient past of time.

التأسيسnoun
  1. 1.
    alliteration (in poetry)classical

    A specific term in Arabic prosody referring to the vowel sound preceding the rhyme letter (rawiyy) when separated by only one letter.

أسّverb
  1. 1.
    to drive away (sheep)classical

    To make a sound to deter or drive away sheep.

أساًnoun
  1. 1.
    driving away (sheep)classical

    The act of making a sound to drive away sheep.

إس إسother
  1. 1.
    hush soundclassical

    A sound made to quiet or drive away sheep.

Parallel reading

الأس: أصل البناء، وكذلك الأساس، والأسس مقصور منه.
Al-ass: the foundation of the building, and likewise al-asas, and al-usus is a shortened form of it.
وجمع الأس إساس مثل عس وعساس
And the plural of al-ass is isas, like 'ass' and 'assas'.
وجمع الأساس أسس مثل قذال وقذل
And the plural of al-asas is usus, like 'qadhāl' and 'qadhil'.
وجمع الأسس آساس مثل سبب وأسباب.
And the plural of al-usus is asas, like 'sabab' and 'asbāb'.
وقد أسست البناء تأسيساً.
And I founded the building with a founding.
كان ذلك على أس الدهر، وأس الدهر وإس الدهر، ثلاث لغات، أي على قدم الدهر ووجه الدهر.
That was from the origin of time, and 'as al-dahr', 'as al-dahr', and 'is al-dahr' are three pronunciations, meaning from the antiquity of time and the face of time.
والتأسيس في القافية هو الألف التى ليس بينها وبين حرف الروي إلا حرف واحد
And al-ta'sīs in rhyme is the alif which has only one letter between it and the rhyme letter (rawiyy).
فلا بد من هذه الالف إلى آخر القصيدة.
So this alif is necessary until the end of the poem.
وأس الشاة يؤسها أسا، أي زجرها وقال لها: إس إس.
And he drives away the sheep, he drives it away with a sound, meaning he repels it and says to it: 'iss iss'.