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بوش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a mixed or common group of people, often implying a lower social standing or a large, undifferentiated crowd. It also extends to describe a poor person with many dependents.

Derived headwords

بوشnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixed crowdboth

    A group of people who are mixed together, often implying a common or lower class.

بائشadjective
  1. 1.
    Mixed, commonclassical

    Describing people who are mixed together, often referring to the common folk or a crowd.

أوباشnoun
  1. 1.
    Rabble, mobclassical

    A plural form referring to a mixed multitude of people, often the lower class or a disorderly crowd.

بوشيnoun
  1. 1.
    Poor man with many childrenclassical

    A man who is poor and has a large family, implying a burden of dependents.

Parallel reading

الجماعة من الناس المختلطين.
A group of mixed people.
يقال: بوش بائش.
It is said: 'bush ba'ish' (a mixed crowd).
والأوباش جمع مقلوب منه.
And 'al-awbash' is a plural form, inverted from it.
والبوشي: الرجل الفقير الكثير العيال.
And 'al-bushiyy': the poor man with many dependents.
وأشعث بوشي شفينا أحاحه
And a disheveled, poor man with many dependents, we healed his thirst
غداتئذ ذى جردة متماحل:
at that morning, possessing a lean body, struggling: