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خ وش

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of taking, grasping, and filling, often with a sense of deficiency or reduction. It also extends to physical attributes like the flank or a small belly, and includes terms for plants, places, and general provisions.

Derived headwords

الخوشnoun
  1. 1.
    flankboth

    The flank or side of a human or other creature.

  2. 2.
    intercourseclassical

    Sexual intercourse.

  3. 3.
    takingclassical

    The act of taking or acquiring something.

  4. 4.
    filling a containerclassical

    The act of heaping or filling something into a container.

خوشانnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A plant resembling the Qatf, but with finer leaves, a sour taste, and edible.

خاشverb
  1. 1.
    to have intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with one's female slave or concubine.

  2. 2.
    to takeclassical

    To take or acquire something.

  3. 3.
    to fillclassical

    To fill or stuff something into a container.

  4. 4.
    to enter the crowdclassical

    To enter into the midst of people.

  5. 5.
    to returnclassical

    To return, especially backwards.

خاش ماشnoun
  1. 1.
    people's belongingsclassical

    The belongings or possessions of people, or the contents of a house.

الخوشيname
  1. 1.
    nisba to Al-Khushboth

    A nisba (attribution) to the town of Al-Khush, located in Asfarayeen.

خشname
  1. 1.
    Al-Khush (place name)classical

    A town in Asfarayeen, possibly the origin of the name Al-Khush.

خشother
  1. 1.
    fragrant (wine)classical

    An emendation of 'khush' (with a silent waw), meaning pleasant or fragrant, particularly used for wine. It is a Persian loanword.

التخويشnoun
  1. 1.
    reductionboth

    The act of reducing, diminishing, or making less.

  2. 2.
    making lessclassical

    The act of making something less, possibly referring to the flank.

تخوشverb
  1. 1.
    to reduceclassical

    To reduce or diminish something.

  2. 2.
    to become thinclassical

    To become thin after being fat.

متخوشadjective
  1. 1.
    thinclassical

    Thin or emaciated, especially after having been fat.

خاوشverb
  1. 1.
    to move away fromclassical

    To move one's side away from something, like a bed or the ground.

المخاوشةnoun
  1. 1.
    persistent travelclassical

    The act of continuously traveling or moving.

المتخوشadjective
  1. 1.
    thin and gauntclassical

    Having a small belly and gaunt flesh, thin.

المتخاوشadjective
  1. 1.
    thin and gauntclassical

    Having a small belly and gaunt flesh, thin.

Parallel reading

الخوش: الخاصرة، رواه أبو العباس عن ابن الأعرابي، وعن عمرو عن أبيه، وللإنسان خوشان، ولغير الإنسان أيضا
Al-Khush: the flank, narrated by Abu al-Abbas from Ibn al-A'rabi, and from Amr from his father. For humans, it is khushān, and for non-humans as well.
الخوش: مثل الطعن.
Al-Khush: like a stab.
الخوش: النكاح، وقد خاش جاريته بأيره.
Al-Khush: intercourse. He had intercourse with his slave girl with his penis.
يقال: خشت منه كذا، أي أخذت.
It is said: 'I khusht from him such-and-such,' meaning 'I took.'
خاش الشيء خوشا: حشاه في الوعاء.
He stuffed the thing into the container, khawshan.
والخوشان: نبت مثل البقلة التي تسمى القطف، وهو كالسرمق، إلا أنه ألطف ورقا، وفيه حموضة ويؤكل، قاله أبو حنيفة
And Al-Khushān: a plant like the herb called Qatf, it is like purslane, but its leaves are finer, it has sourness and is eaten, said Abu Hanifa.
خاش ماش، بفتح شينهما، وكسرها: قماش الناس، وقيل: قماش البيت، وسقط متاعه.
Khāsh māsh, with its shins open and closed: people's belongings, and it is said: the belongings of the house, and its discarded goods.
صبحن أثمار بني منقاش ... خوص العيون يبس المشاش
They morninged the fruits of the sons of Munqāsh... the green leaves of the eyes, the dryness of the bones.
يحملن صبيانا وخاش ماش
They carry young children and household goods.
وخش في قول الأعشى، يصف الخمر: (إذا فتحت خطرت ريحها ... وإن سيل بائعها قال خش)
And 'khash' in the saying of Al-A'sha, describing wine: (When it is opened, its scent wafts... And if its seller is asked, he says 'khash' [fragrant]).
والتخويش: النقص، وفي التهذيب: التنقيص
And Al-Takhwīsh: reduction, and in Al-Tahdhib: diminishing.
يا عجبا والدهر ذو تخويش ... لا يتقى بالدرق المخروش
Oh, what a wonder, and time is one of reduction... it cannot be guarded against by the pierced shields.
تخوش الشيء: نقصه، عن ابن عباد.
To takhwish a thing: to reduce it, from Ibn Abbad.
تخوش فلان: هزل بعد سمن، فهو متخوش.
So-and-so takhwasha: he became thin after being fat, so he is mutakhawwish.
وخاش جنبه عن الفراش: جافاه عنه، قال الراعي يصف ثورا يحفر كناسا، ويجافي صدره عن عروق الأرطي:
And he khāwasha his side away from the bed: he moved it away from it, said Al-Rā'ī describing a bull digging a dung heap, and moving its chest away from the roots of the Arta tree:
يخاوش البرك عن عرق أضر به ... تجافيا كتجافي القرم ذي السرر
He moves his chest away from a vein that harmed him... moving away like the moving away of the strong man with the sores.
الخوش: صغر البطن، وكذلك التخويش.
Al-Khush: smallness of the belly, and likewise Al-Takhwīsh.
والمتخوش، والمتخاوش: الضامر البطن المتخدد اللحم.
And Al-Mutakhawwish, and Al-Mutakhāwish: having a small belly and gaunt flesh, thin.
وخاش الرجل: دخل في غمار الناس.
And a man khāsha: he entered into the crowd of people.
وخاش: رجع. أنشد ثعلب: بين الوخاءين وخاش القهقرى.
And khāsha: he returned. Tha'lab recited: Between the two straps, and he returned backwards.
المخاوشة: مداومة السير، عن الصاغاني.
Al-Mukhāwashah: persistent travel, from Al-Sāghānī.