وشب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of coarseness, thickness, and mixed or disordered groups of people. It describes a thick date, a coarse bark, and is used metaphorically for heterogeneous and unruly crowds.

Derived headwords

وشبةnoun

1.
thick dateclassical
A type of date characterized by its thick skin or peel.

وشباءadjective

1.
thick-barkedclassical
Describing something, likely a tree or fruit, that has a thick bark or peel.

الأوشابnoun

1.
mixed crowdsboth
Heterogeneous groups of people, often implying a disorderly or unruly multitude.
2.
rabbleclassical
The common people, the masses, often with a connotation of being unrefined or unruly.

وشبnoun

1.
mixed groupclassical
A single individual belonging to a mixed or heterogeneous group of people.

أشوابnoun

1.
mixed crowdsboth
Plural of 'ashwab', referring to mixed or heterogeneous groups of people.
2.
rabbleclassical
The common people, the masses, often with a connotation of being unrefined or unruly.

الأوباشnoun

1.
rabbleboth
The common people, the masses, often with a connotation of being unrefined or unruly.
2.
mixed crowdsclassical
Heterogeneous groups of people, often implying a disorderly or unruly multitude.

Parallel reading

تمرة وشبة

a thick-skinned date

غليظة اللحاء

thick-barked

الأوشاب: هم الأوباش من الناس، والأخلاط

Al-awshab: they are the rabble of people, and the mixed groups.

وهم الضروب المتفرقون

and they are the disparate kinds.

واحدهم وشب، بالكسر

their singular is 'washab', with kasra.

وإني لأرى أشوابا من الناس لخليق أن يفروا ويدعوك

And indeed, I see mixed groups of people who are likely to flee and abandon you.

الأشواب، والأوشاب، والأوباش: الأخلاط من الناس، والرعاع

Al-ashwab, al-awshab, and al-awbash: the mixed groups of people, and the rabble.

الأشواب معرب

Al-ashwab is a loanword.

فإن أصله آشوب، وهي فارسية

For its origin is 'ashub', and it is Persian.

فلما كثر استعماله، جمعوه على أوشاب

And when its use became frequent, they pluralized it as 'awshab'.