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ر وش

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of eating, with variations indicating large or small amounts. It also extends to meanings of weakness, frailty, and abundance of hair, particularly in the ears.

Derived headwords

الروشnoun
  1. 1.
    eating a lotclassical

    Refers to consuming a large quantity of food.

  2. 2.
    eating a littleclassical

    Refers to consuming a small quantity of food. This is considered an antonym to the previous sense.

راشadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant ear hairclassical

    Describes an animal, particularly a camel, with abundant hair in its ears.

  2. 2.
    weakclassical

    Describes something as lacking strength or firmness, such as a camel's back or a spear.

راشverb
  1. 1.
    weakenedclassical

    To be weakened or made frail, often by illness.

رائشadjective
  1. 1.
    weakclassical

    Describes someone or something as weak and frail.

رؤوشadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant ear hairclassical

    Describes someone with abundant hair in their ears.

  2. 2.
    weakclassical

    Describes someone as weak.

أريشadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant ear hairclassical

    Describes someone with abundant hair in their ears.

  2. 2.
    weakclassical

    Describes someone as weak.

Parallel reading

هو الأكل الكثير
It is abundant eating.
والروش أيضا: الأكل القليل
And 'ar-rawsh' also: little eating.
فإن الذي نقله ثعلب عن ابن الأعرابي أن الروش: الأكل الكثير، والورش: الأكل القليل
For what Tha'lab narrated from Ibn al-A'rabi is that 'ar-rawsh' is abundant eating, and 'ar-warsh' is little eating.
راش: كثير الزبب، وهو كثرة الشعر في الأذن
'Raash': abundant ear hair, which is the abundance of hair in the ear.
وجمل راش: ضعيف الصلب
And a 'raash' camel: weak of spine.
وكذا رمح راش ورائش أي خوار ضعيف
And likewise a 'raash' spear and 'raa'ish', meaning weak and frail.
ورجل راش: ضعيف
And a 'raash' man: weak.
وهي بهاء، ناقة راشة
And she is beautiful, a 'raashah' she-camel.
وراشه المرض: ضعفه وخوره
And illness 'raashahu': weakened him and made him frail.
ورجل رؤوش، كصبور، وأريش وراش، كجمل راش، أي في معنييه: كثير شعر الأذن، أو ضعيف
And a 'ru'oosh' man, like 'sabor', and 'areesh' and 'raash', like a 'raash' camel, meaning in its two senses: abundant ear hair, or weak.