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موس

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of lightness, flightiness, or being easily swayed. It is also used to form a proper name.

Derived headwords

مَاسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    he strutted, swaggeredboth

    he strutted, swaggered

مُوسَىname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameboth

    a man's name

Parallel reading

رجل ماس مثال مال
A man who is 'mās' is like 'māl', meaning light and flighty.
أي خفيف طياش
Meaning light and flighty.
وموسى اسم رجل
And Moses is the name of a man.
قال الكسائي هو فعلى
Al-Kisa'i said it is 'Fūʿlā'.
وقال أبو عمرو بن العلاء: هو مفعل
And Abu Amr ibn al-Ala said: it is 'Mafʿal'.
حكاه اليزيدى
Al-Yazidi narrated it.
ويذكر في باب المعتل
And it is mentioned in the chapter of defective verbs.