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عطس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of sneezing and its related phenomena. It extends to describe the initial stages of something appearing, like the dawn, and also refers to the nose.

Derived headwords

عَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    he sneezed (verb form I, with both 'u' and 'i' for the middle vowel)both

    he sneezed (verb form I, with both 'u' and 'i' for the middle vowel)

عَطَسَverb
  1. 1.
    he sneezed (verb form I, with both 'u' and 'i' for the middle vowel)both

    he sneezed (verb form I, with both 'u' and 'i' for the middle vowel)

العُطاسnoun
  1. 1.
    from the sneezeboth

    from the sneeze

العَطسةnoun
  1. 1.
    a sneezeboth

    A single instance of sneezing.

عاطِسadjective
  1. 1.
    facingclassical

    Describing an animal, particularly a gazelle, that is facing you directly from the front.

المِعطَسnoun
  1. 1.
    the noseboth

    the nose

Parallel reading

العطاس من العطسة.
Sneezing is from a sneeze.
وقد عطس بالفتح يعطس ويعطس.
And he sneezed, with the fath [on the 'ayn], he sneezes (yáṭisu) and sneezes (yaʿṭisu).
وربما قالوا: عطس الصبح، إذا انفلق.
And perhaps they say: the dawn sneezed, when it split.
وظبي عاطس، وهو الذي يستقبلك من أمامك.
And a facing gazelle, which is the one that approaches you from in front of you.
والمعطس، مثال المجلس: الأنف، وربما جاء بفتح الطاء.
And al-miʿṭas, like al-majlis: the nose, and perhaps it comes with a fath on the ta'.