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ع ب ش

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of goodness, suitability, and rectitude, particularly in relation to a child's well-being. It also extends to meanings of foolishness, heedlessness, and falsely accusing someone.

Derived headwords

العَبْشnoun
  1. 1.
    Goodness, suitabilityclassical

    The state of being good, proper, or suitable for something, especially in the context of a child's well-being.

العَمَشnoun
  1. 1.
    Goodness, suitabilityclassical

    The state of being good, proper, or suitable for something, especially in the context of a child's well-being. This is presented as an alternative pronunciation or form to العَبْش.

عبشverb
  1. 1.
    To be suitable, properclassical

    To be good or suitable for a child, particularly in the context of circumcision.

اعمشverb
  1. 1.
    To make suitable, properclassical

    To make something suitable or proper for a child, especially in the context of circumcision. This is presented as an alternative form to عَبَّشَ.

عبشnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolishness, stupidityclassical

    A state of foolishness, dullness, or lack of intelligence.

عبشةnoun
  1. 1.
    Heedlessness, negligenceclassical

    A state of heedlessness, negligence, or being unaware.

عبشةnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolishness, stupidityclassical

    A state of foolishness, dullness, or lack of intelligence. This form is noted as being with damma on the 'ayn.

تعبشنيverb
  1. 1.
    To falsely accuseclassical

    To falsely accuse someone of something or to attribute something to them falsely.

Parallel reading

العبش، وذكره في موضع آخر، العمش، بالميم: الصلاح في كل شيء
Al-'absh, and he mentioned it elsewhere, al-'amash, with the mim: goodness in everything.
يقال: الختان عبش للصبي، أي صلاح
It is said: Circumcision is 'absh for the boy, meaning goodness.
فاعبشوه واعمشوه
So make it 'absh for him and make it 'amash for him.
العبش: الغباوة، ويحرك
Al-'absh: foolishness, and it is vocalized with a haraka.
ورجل به عبشة وعبشة، أي بالفتح والتحريك، أي غفلة
And a man with 'absha and 'absha, meaning with fath and haraka, meaning heedlessness.
رجل عبشة، بالضم، هكذا ضبطه مجودا
A man with 'absha, with damma, thus he vocalized it precisely.
تعبشني بدعوى باطل: ادعاها علي
He ta'abashani with a false claim: he claimed it against me.
قال: والغين لغة فيه
He said: And al-ghayn is a variant pronunciation for it.