ع وس

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of seeking, managing, and describing. It encompasses actions like seeking food, managing household affairs or wealth, and the act of describing or appraising something. It also includes less common meanings like a flood at night or a type of sheep.

Derived headwords

العَوْسnoun

1.
Flood at nightclassical
A flood that occurs during the night.

عاسverb

1.
to seek foodboth
To seek something to eat, often used for a wolf.
2.
to manage affairsboth
To manage, oversee, or diligently work on behalf of one's family or dependents.
3.
to manage wealthboth
To manage one's wealth or property well, to take good care of it.
4.
to describeclassical
To describe or appraise something.

يعوس شيئا يأكل — he seeks something to eat

عاس على عياله — he managed his family

عاس ماله — he managed his wealth

عَوْسًاnoun

1.
seeking foodboth
The act of seeking something to eat.
2.
managing wealthboth
The act of managing wealth well.

عَوْسَانًاnoun

1.
seeking foodboth
The act of seeking something to eat.

العَوْسnoun

1.
Type of sheepclassical
A type of sheep, specifically referring to white rams.

عَوْسِيّadjective

1.
White ramclassical
Describing a ram that is white.

العَوْسnoun

1.
Cheek indentationboth
The inward sinking of the cheeks, resembling hollows, often occurring during laughter.

أَعْوَسadjective

1.
Having sunken cheeksboth
Describing someone whose cheeks sink inward, especially when laughing.
2.
Polisherclassical
A polisher, one who polishes metal, though this meaning is disputed.

عَوْسَاءadjective

1.
Having sunken cheeksboth
Feminine form describing someone whose cheeks sink inward, especially when laughing.

عَوَّاسverb

1.
to manage diligentlyboth
To manage or work diligently, especially for one's family.

عِيَاسَةnoun

1.
good managementboth
The act of managing wealth or affairs well.

مُعَاسًاnoun

1.
repairing livelihoodboth
The act of repairing or improving one's livelihood or sustenance.

اعْتَسverb

1.
to seek foodboth
To seek something to eat, similar to 'عاس'.

العَوَّاسَاءnoun

1.
Pregnant insectclassical
A pregnant female insect, specifically a beetle.

العَوَّاسَةnoun

1.
Sip of liquidclassical
A drink or sip of milk or other liquid.

الأَعْوَسnoun

1.
Polisherclassical
A polisher, one who polishes metal. This meaning is debated.

عَاسَهُverb

1.
to describe itclassical
To describe something.

العَائِـسnoun

1.
Describerclassical
One who describes or appraises something.

المُعَاسnoun

1.
Improving livelihoodboth
The act of improving or repairing one's livelihood.

عَوْسname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name.

Parallel reading

الطوفان بالليل

a flood at night

والذئب يعوس: يطلب شيئا يأكل

and the wolf seeks: seeking something to eat

والنعت أعوس، وهي عوساء، إذا كانا كذلك

and the adjective is 'a'was', and the feminine is 'awsā', if they are like that

وعاس على عياله يعوس عليهم، إذا أكد عليهم وكدح

and he managed his family, managing them, if he worked hard for them and toiled

عاس عياله: قاتهم، كعالهم

he managed his family: he fed them, like he cared for them

وعاس ماله عوسا وعياسة، كساسه سياسة، إذا أحسن القيام عليه

and he managed his wealth with 'aws' and 'iyāsah', like he governed it with 'siyāsah', if he took good care of it

عس معاشك

improve your livelihood

عاس فلان معاشه ورقحه بمعنى واحد

so-and-so improved his livelihood and made it flourish, meaning the same

عاس الذئب يعوس عوسا: طلب شيئا يأكله، كاعتس

the wolf sought, seeking food: he sought something to eat, like 'i'tas

الحامل من الخنافس، حكاه أبو عبيد

the pregnant one of the beetles, Abu Ubaid narrated it

بكرا عواساء تفاسى مقربا

a pregnant young camel, nearing its time to give birth

الشربة من اللبن وغيره، عن ابن الأعرابي

a sip of milk or other liquid, from Ibn al-A'rabi

والوصاف للشيء أعوس وصاف

and the describer of something is 'a'was and 'sāf

تجلو السيوف وغيركم يعصى بها يا ابن القيون وذاك فعل الأعوس

they polish the swords, and others are prevented from them, O son of the smiths, and that is the action of the polisher

وذاك فعل الصيقل

and that is the action of the polisher

عاس الشيء يعوسه: وصفه

he described the thing, describing it

والمثل: لا يعدم عائس وصلات

and the proverb: a needy person will not lack a connection

يضرب للرجل يرمل من المال والزاد فيلقى الرجل فينال منه الشيء ثم الآخر حتى يبلغ أهله

it is said for a man who is left destitute of money and provisions, and he meets a man, and gets something from him, then another, until he reaches his family