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عشز

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes concepts related to roughness, hardness, and difficulty, particularly concerning terrain, physical build, and gait. It also extends to the idea of being sturdy or robust.

Derived headwords

عَشَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a limpclassical

    To walk with a gait like that of someone with a missing leg.

  2. 2.
    to lean onclassical

    To lean on a stick or staff for support.

عَشَزَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    limping gaitclassical

    The act or manner of walking with a limp, as described for the verb.

العُشُوزnoun
  1. 1.
    hard groundclassical

    Ground that is hard, coarse, and rough.

  2. 2.
    sturdy camelclassical

    A camel that is strong in build and coarse in texture.

  3. 3.
    rough pathclassical

    A path or way that is difficult to traverse due to its hardness and roughness.

  4. 4.
    plentiful meatclassical

    A large quantity of meat.

العَشَازُnoun
  1. 1.
    difficult pathsclassical

    The plural form referring to places or paths that are difficult to traverse.

العَشَزnoun
  1. 1.
    body thicknessclassical

    A state of being thick or stout in body; a deceased action or state.

العُشُوزِنnoun
  1. 1.
    stout camelclassical

    A camel that is stout, coarse, and of strong build.

  2. 2.
    large personclassical

    A person who is stout, strong in build, and large.

  3. 3.
    difficult terrainclassical

    Places or terrains that are difficult to traverse.

عَشُوزِنَةadjective
  1. 1.
    sturdyclassical

    Describing something as sturdy, solid, or robust, like a spear shaft.

Parallel reading

عشز الرجل يعشز، من حد ضرب، عشزانا، محركة: مشى مشية المقطوع الرجل
The man walked with a limp, from the root 'daraba', a limping gait, meaning he walked like a man with a missing leg.
عشز على عصاه، أي توكأ
He leaned on his stick, meaning he supported himself.
والعشوز: الأرض الصلبة الغليظة الخشنة
And 'al-'ushūz': the hard, coarse, rough ground.
العشوز: الشديد الخلق الغليظ من الإبل، كالعشوز
Al-'ushūz': the strong-built, coarse camel, like 'al-'ushūz'.
العشوز: الخشن من الطريق، والأرض الصلب مسلكها، والجمع العشاوز
Al-'ushūz': the rough path, and the ground whose passage is hard, and its plural is 'al-'ashā'waz'.
حذاها من الصيداء نعلا طراقها ... حوامي الكراع المؤيدات العشاوز
He fashioned for it from the rock a sole for its hooves... the strong-hoofed, firm-footed, rough-pathed ones.
العشوز: الكثير من اللحم
Al-'ushūz': abundant in meat.
والعشز بالفتح: فعل ممات، وهو غلظ الجسم
And 'al-'ashaz' with the فتح: a defunct action, which is thickness of the body.
ومنه العشوزن، كسفرجل، للغليظ من الإبل، والشديد الخلق العظيم من الناس، والنون زائدة
And from it is 'al-'ushūzin', like 'safrajil', for the coarse camel, and the strong-built, great person, and the 'nun' is extra.
والعشوزن أيضا: ما صعب مسلكه من الأماكن
And 'al-'ushūzin' also: what is difficult to traverse of places.
أخذك بالميسور والعشوزن
Your taking the easy way and the difficult paths.
ويقال: قناة عشوزنة، أي صلبة
And it is said: a sturdy spear shaft, meaning solid.