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همرش

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something old, large, or abundant, specifically referring to an old woman, a very productive she-camel, and a dog. It also touches upon linguistic analysis of the word's structure.

Derived headwords

الهَمَرْشnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    An aged woman, often implying frailty or a large size.

  2. 2.
    productive she-camelclassical

    A female camel that is abundant in milk production.

  3. 3.
    dogclassical

    The name of a female dog.

تَخْتَرِشُverb
  1. 1.
    to be bornclassical

    To be born or come into existence, used here in the context of offspring within the womb.

جَحْمَرْشnoun
  1. 1.
    old womanclassical

    A term for an old woman, used as an example of a word structure.

Parallel reading

العجوز الكبيرة
The old, large woman.
الناقة الغزيرة
The abundant she-camel (in milk).
اسم كلبة
The name of a female dog.
إن الجراء تخترش * في بطن أم الهمرش
Indeed, the pups are born * in the belly of the mother Al-Hamrsh.
هو من بنات الخمسة
It is from the 'daughters of five' (a grammatical classification).
والميم الاولى نون مثال جحمرش
And the first mim is a nun, like the example of 'jahmarash'.
لانه لم يجئ شئ من بنات الاربعة على هذا البناء
Because nothing came from the 'daughters of four' on this pattern.
وإنما لم يبين النون لانه ليس له مثال يلتبس به فيفصل بينهما
And the nun was not clarified because it has no pattern it could be confused with, necessitating a distinction.