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خ د ش

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of scratching, scraping, or lightly wounding, often with nails or sharp objects. It extends to describe the resulting marks, and metaphorically to minor harm or affliction. Derived terms also refer to specific anatomical parts of a camel and certain insects.

Derived headwords

خَدَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratchboth

    To make a light cut or scratch on a surface, especially the skin, with a sharp object or fingernails.

  2. 2.
    to scrapeboth

    To remove a thin layer from a surface, or to peel it with a stick or similar object.

خدشه يخدشه — He scratched it, he scratches it
خَدْشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratch markboth

    The physical mark or trace left by scratching.

  2. 2.
    scratchingboth

    The act of scratching.

خُدوشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratchesboth

    Plural of 'khadsh', referring to the marks left by scratching.

  2. 2.
    woundsclassical

    Minor wounds or abrasions, also referred to as 'kudūḥ'.

  3. 3.
    gnatsclassical

    A type of small flying insect.

  4. 4.
    fleasclassical

    A small, wingless insect that feeds on the blood of mammals and birds.

خَمَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratch (with nails)both

    To scratch, especially with fingernails, potentially drawing blood.

خمشت: إذا ظفرت في أعالي حر وجهها، أدمته أو لم تدمه — She scratched: if she clawed the upper part of her face, whether she drew blood or not.
خُموشnoun
  1. 1.
    bedbugsclassical

    A type of parasitic insect.

خادِشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    water channelclassical

    A name for a watercourse or channel, similar to 'al-'āfiyah' and 'al-'āqibah'.

خادَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to scratch (face)both

    To scratch someone's face.

خادشت الرجل مخادشة، إذا خدشت وجهه — I scratched the man, scratching his face.
مُخادَشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    scratching (face)both

    The act of scratching someone's face.

خادشت الرجل مخادشة — I scratched the man, scratching his face.
تَخْديشnoun
  1. 1.
    scratching (intensive)both

    Intensive or repeated scratching.

خدشه تخديشا — He scratched it intensively.
خُداشname
  1. 1.
    name of a manboth

    A male given name, derived from the verb 'khadasha'.

خداش بن سلامة السلامي — Khudash bin Salama al-Silmi
مَخْدَشnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's shoulderclassical

    The part of a camel's back between the shoulders, called 'kahil' in classical Arabic, named because it could scratch the mouth when eating due to lack of flesh.

شد فلان الرحل على مخدش بعيره — So-and-so tightened the saddle on his camel's kahil.
مِخْدَشnoun
  1. 1.
    catboth

    A cat, derived from the scratching action.

مَخادِشnoun
  1. 1.
    catboth

    A cat, derived from the scratching action.

ابنا مخدشnoun
  1. 1.
    camel's shoulder bladesclassical

    The parts of a camel's shoulder blades.

وابنا مخدش طرفا الكتفين من البعير — And 'ibnā makhdash are the two sides of the camel's shoulders.
أبو خداشname
  1. 1.
    Kunyah (patronymic)both

    A kunyah or patronymic name, often referring to a person whose son is named Khudash, or used as a nickname.

أبو خداش الشرعبي اسمه حبان ابن زيد — Abu Khudash al-Shar'abi his name is Habban bin Zayd.
المُخَدِّشadjective
  1. 1.
    scratchingclassical

    One who scratches or causes scratches.

المُخَدَّشadjective
  1. 1.
    scratchedclassical

    That which has been scratched.

Parallel reading

الخدش والخمش بالأظافر
Scratching and clawing with fingernails.
خدشت المرأة وجهها عند المصيبة
The woman scratched her face during the calamity.
خدش الجلد: مزقه قل أو كثر
Scratching the skin: tearing it, little or much.
خدشه: قشره بعود ونحوه
He scratched it: he peeled it with a stick or similar.
أطراف السفا، من سنبل البر أو الشعير أو البهمي: الخادشة
The tips of the awns, from wheat, barley, or foxtail millet: the scratching ones.
الخدش: اسم لذلك الأثر أيضا
The scratch: is also the name for that mark.
من سأل وهو غني جاءت مسألته يوم القيامة خدوشا أو خموشا في وجهه
Whoever asks while he is rich, his request on the Day of Resurrection will come as scratches or claw marks on his face.
الخدوش: الآثار والكدوح
The scratches: are the marks and wounds.
الخدوش، كصبور: الذباب
Al-khudūsh, like ṣabūr: gnats.
الخدوش: البرغوث
Al-khudūsh: the flea.
الخموش: البق
Al-khumūsh: the bedbugs.
خداش بن سلامة السلامي
Khudash bin Salama al-Silmi.
وهو أوصى امرأ بأمه
And he recommended a man to his mother.
لقب خداش البعيث بن مالك: شعراء
Khudash bin al-Ba'ith bin Malik was nicknamed: poets.
المخدش، كمنبر، ومحدث: كاهل البعير
Al-makhdash, like minbar and muhaddath: the camel's kahil (shoulder hump area).
لأنه يخدش الفم إذا أكل لقلة لحمه
Because it scratches the mouth when eating due to its lack of flesh.
شد فلان الرحل على مخدش بعيره
So-and-so tightened the saddle on his camel's makhdash.
المخادش، والمخدش كمحدث: الهر
Al-makhādish, and al-makhdash like muhaddath: the cat.
وقع في الأرض تخديش أي قليل مطر
There fell on the land takhdīsh, meaning a little rain.
وبقلبه خدشة: وهي الشيء من الأذى
And in his heart is a khadshah: which is a bit of harm.
أبو خداش الشرعبي اسمه حبان ابن زيد
Abu Khudash al-Shar'abi, his name is Habban bin Zayd.
أبو خداش اللخمي الشامي، له صحبة
Abu Khudash al-Lakhmi al-Shami, he had companionship (with the Prophet).
مخادش، في نسب علي بن حجر السعدي
Makhādish, in the lineage of Ali bin Hajar al-Sa'di.
المغيرة بن مخادش روى عن حماد بن سلمة
Al-Mughirah bin Makhādish narrated from Hammad bin Salama.