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موس
Root entry · 2 derived lemmasThis 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.he strutted, swaggeredboth
he strutted, swaggered
مُوسَىname
- 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.