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مرش

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to scratching, scraping, or a light abrasion. It also extends to describe land affected by rain and the act of snatching or seizing something.

Derived headwords

مَرَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratchboth

    To make a light scratch or abrasion on something.

مَرْشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchboth

    A light scratch or abrasion, similar to a خدش (khadsh).

  2. 2.
    land affected by rainclassical

    Land whose surface has been touched or lightly scraped by rain.

مَرُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchesclassical

    Plural of مرش, referring to multiple light scratches or abrasions.

خَدْشnoun
  1. 1.
    he scratched his faceboth

    he scratched his face

خُرُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchesclassical

    Plural of خروش, referring to scratches or abrasions.

امْتَرَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to snatchclassical

    To snatch or seize something forcefully from someone's hand.

امْتِرَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    snatchingclassical

    The act of snatching or seizing something.

Parallel reading

المرش كالخدش.
The marsh is like the khadsh (scratch).
قال ابن السكيت: أصابه مرش.
Ibn al-Sikkit said: It afflicted him with a scratch.
وهي المروش، والخدوش، والخروش.
And they are the marūsh, and the khudhūsh, and the khurūsh.
والمرش أيضا: الأرض التي مرش المطر وجهها.
And marsh also: the land whose face the rain has touched.
يقال: انتهينا إلى مرش من الامراش.
It is said: We arrived at a marsh from the amrāsh (lands touched by rain).
والامتراش: الانتزاع.
And al-imtirāsh: the snatching.
يقال: امترشت الشئ من يده، أي انتزعته.
It is said: I snatched the thing from his hand, meaning I seized it.