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مغص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of excellence and high quality, particularly in camels. It also extends to describe a type of abdominal pain or cramping.

Derived headwords

أمغاصadjective
  1. 1.
    excellent camelsclassical

    Camels that are of the finest quality and choicest kind.

المغصnoun
  1. 1.
    cutting in the intestines and painboth

    cutting in the intestines and pain

مغصةnoun
  1. 1.
    a choice camelclassical

    A single camel that is of excellent quality.

مغصnoun
  1. 1.
    the man suffered from colic (passive voice)both

    the man suffered from colic (passive voice)

مغضverb
  1. 1.
    to have crampsboth

    To experience a sharp, cutting pain in the intestines or stomach.

مُمغوصadjective
  1. 1.
    crampedboth

    One who is suffering from intestinal or stomach cramps.

Parallel reading

إبل أمغاص، إذا كانت خيارا
Excellent camels, when they are of the choicest kind.
المغص: خيار الإبل
Al-maghs: the choicest of camels.
الواحدة مغصة
The singular is maghṣah.
أنتم وهبتم مائة جرجورا * أدما وحمرا مغصا خبورا
You gifted a hundred young camels, red and brown, excellent and well-informed.
والمغص، بالتسكين: تقطيع في المعى ووجع
And al-maghs, with sukun: a cutting in the intestine and pain.
والعامة تقول مغص بالتحريك
And the common people say maghaṣ with harakah.
وقد مغض الرجل
And the man experienced cramps.
فهو ممغوص
So he is one suffering from cramps.