ورس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a yellow plant from Yemen used for cosmetic dyes, particularly for the face. It extends to the concept of becoming yellow or yellowish, especially in plants, and the act of dyeing with this substance.

Derived headwords

الْوَرْسnoun

1.
a yellow plant found in Yemen, from which a facial cosmetic is madeboth
a yellow plant found in Yemen, from which a facial cosmetic is made

أَوْرَسَverb

1.
the place became yellow with warsboth
the place became yellow with wars

وَارِسadjective

1.
yellowed with warsboth
yellowed with wars

وَرَّسَverb

1.
he dyed it with warsboth
he dyed it with wars

تَوْرِيسًاnoun

1.
dyeing yellowboth
The act or process of dyeing with the plant 'wars'.

وَرِيسَةadjective

1.
dyed with warsboth
Describing a garment, such as a cloak (milhafah), that has been dyed with the yellow plant 'wars'.

Parallel reading

الورس: نبت أصفر يكون باليمن يتخذ منه الغمرة للوجه.

Al-wars: A yellow plant found in Yemen, from which the ghumrah (a cosmetic dye) for the face is made.

تقول منه: أورس المكان.

You say from it: The place became yellow.

وأورس الرمث، أي اصفر ورقه بعد الادراك، فصار عليه مثل الملا الصفر، فهو وارس ولا يقال مورس.

And the desert grass (ramth) became yellow, meaning its leaves turned yellow after ripening, becoming like fine yellow dust upon it, so it is 'waris' and is not called 'mowras'.

وهو من النوادر.

And this is from the rare usages.

وورست الثوب توريسا: صبغته بالورس.

And I dyed the garment with 'wars' (tawrisan): I dyed it with the 'wars' plant.

وملحة وريسة: صبغت بالورس.

And a cloak (milhafah) dyed with 'wars': it was dyed with the 'wars' plant.