ع ش ش

Root entry · 50 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are small, sparse, weak, or meager. It extends to concepts of scarcity, meagerness in physical form, and limited provision. It also encompasses the nest of a bird and related actions.

Derived headwords

العَشَّةnoun

1.
Date palm with sparse frondsclassical
A date palm tree whose fronds are few, its base is thin, and its head is small.
2.
Scrawny treeclassical
A tree that is poor in growth, with thin branches.
3.
Thin womanclassical
A tall woman with little flesh, or one with thin bones in her hands and feet.
4.
Thin manclassical
A man who is tall with little flesh, or one with thin bones in his hands and feet.

عَشَّverb

1.
To be sparseclassical
To be sparse, thin, or weak in form.
2.
To strikeclassical
To strike someone with a stick multiple times.
3.
To patchclassical
To patch a shirt.
4.
To give littleclassical
To give a small amount of something, especially kindness or provision.
5.
To seekclassical
To seek or pursue.
6.
To gather and earnclassical
To gather and earn.

عَشَّشَverb

1.
To be sparseclassical
To be sparse, thin, or weak in form, like a tree or a person.
2.
To make a nestmodern
For a bird to make its nest.
3.
To dry outclassical
For vegetation or land to become dry.
4.
To hoardclassical
To hide or hoard things in various places, like a bird's nest.

عَشَّشْتُverb

1.
To be sparseclassical
Past tense of 'to be sparse', referring to a tree or person.

عَشَّشَ أَعْلَاهُphrase

1.
Its top is sparseclassical
Describing a date palm whose upper part is sparse.

العَشَشnoun

1.
Sparsenessclassical
The state of being sparse, thin, or weak.

عَشَّةُ الفُرُوعphrase

1.
Sparse branchesclassical
Branches that are sparse and not dense.

عَشَّةُ خَلْخَالِهَاphrase

1.
Her anklet rattlesclassical
Referring to a woman whose anklet makes noise, implying thinness.

عَشٌadjective

1.
Scrawnyclassical
Physically weak, thin, and poorly formed.

عَشَّverb

1.
To be thinclassical
To be thin, weak, and poorly formed in body.

عَشَاشَةnoun

1.
Thinnessclassical
The state of being thin, weak, and meager in body.

عُشُوشَةnoun

1.
Thinnessclassical
The state of being thin, weak, and meager in body.

عَشَشًاnoun

1.
Thinnessclassical
The state of being thin, weak, and meager in body.

العُشّnoun

1.
Bird's nestmodern
The place a bird builds to lay its eggs, made of twigs and other materials.
2.
Male camel's readinessclassical
A male camel that is ready to mate and does not shy away from the female.
3.
Seekingclassical
Seeking or pursuing.
4.
Gathering and earningclassical
Gathering and earning.
5.
Strikingclassical
Striking with a stick.
6.
Patchingclassical
Patching a garment.
7.
Scarcity of givingclassical
Giving little or sparingly.
8.
Little provisionclassical
A small amount of provision or sustenance.
9.
Bird's dwellingmodern
The place where a bird lives, especially its nest.

عَشَّverb

1.
To make a nestmodern
For a bird to build its nest.

عَشَّ بِرِيحِ البَوْلِphrase

1.
Smelling of urineclassical
Describing a male camel that is attracted by the scent of a female camel in heat.

العُشّnoun

1.
Nest (of a bird)modern
The structure a bird builds for nesting, typically in trees.

وَكْرnoun

1.
Nest (on cliff)modern
A bird's nest built on a mountain or cliff.

أَفْحُوصnoun

1.
Nest (on ground)modern
A bird's nest built on the ground.

أَدْحَىnoun

1.
Nest (on ground)modern
A bird's nest built on the ground.

عَشَّكَnoun

1.
Nest (dense)classical
A dense and large nest of a crow or other bird, built on a tree.

عَشَّكَphrase

1.
Not your nestclassical
An idiom meaning 'this is not your place' or 'you are overstepping your bounds'.

أَعْشَاشnoun

1.
Nestsmodern
Plural of 'nest', referring to bird nests.
2.
Place nameclassical
A place name in the lands of Banu Sa'd or Banu Tamim.

إِعْشَاشnoun

1.
Arroganceclassical
Arrogance or haughtiness.

أَعْشَاشِكphrase

1.
Your nestsclassical
Literally 'your nests', used idiomatically to mean 'your flaws' or 'your excuses'.

العَشْعَشnoun

1.
Intertwined nestclassical
A nest where parts are intertwined or layered upon each other.

المَعَشnoun

1.
Seekingclassical
Seeking or pursuing.

عَشَّةnoun

1.
Rough landclassical
Rough, hard ground.

أَعَشَّverb

1.
To fall into rough landclassical
To enter or fall into rough, hard ground.
2.
To deterclassical
To deter or prevent someone from their need.
3.
To hastenclassical
To hasten or make someone hurry.
4.
To disturbclassical
To disturb or displace an animal from its hiding place.
5.
To annoyclassical
To annoy or trouble people by settling in a place they previously occupied, causing them distress.
6.
To weakenclassical
A prayer for someone to be weakened or enfeebled.

تَعْشِيشnoun

1.
Making a nestmodern
The act of making a nest.
2.
Hoardingclassical
The act of hiding or hoarding things in various places.

اعْتَشَّverb

1.
To make a nestmodern
To make a nest.

اعْتَشَّوْاverb

1.
To gather little provisionclassical
To gather a small amount of provisions, not much.

انْعَشَّverb

1.
To be patchedclassical
To be patched, referring to a garment.

أَعْشَاشnoun

1.
Nestsmodern
Plural of nest.

عَشَاشnoun

1.
Nestsmodern
Plural of nest.

عُشُوشnoun

1.
Nestsmodern
Plural of nest.

عَشَشَةnoun

1.
Nestsmodern
Plural of nest.

عَشَاشnoun

1.
Sparse treesclassical
Scattered trees.

عَشَّةnoun

1.
Sparse landclassical
Land with little vegetation, hard and dry.

عَشَشnoun

1.
Thinnessclassical
The state of being thin and weak, referring to an animal.

عَشَاشَةnoun

1.
Thinnessclassical
The state of being thin and weak, referring to an animal.

عُشُوشَةnoun

1.
Thinnessclassical
The state of being thin and weak, referring to an animal.

عَشُّ القَوَائِمphrase

1.
Thin-leggedclassical
Describing an animal with thin legs.

أَعَشَّ بِهِمْverb

1.
To settle among themclassical
To settle among people, causing them distress and forcing them to move.

الإِعْشَاشnoun

1.
Arroganceclassical
Arrogance or haughtiness.

مَعَاشِينَ الصُّبْحphrase

1.
Early risersclassical
Coming early in the morning, or hastening in the morning.

أَعْشَشَنِي الأَمْرphrase

1.
The matter hastened meclassical
The matter caused me to hurry or hastened me.

بَعِيرٌ عَشُوشphrase

1.
Weak camelclassical
A weak camel, possibly due to mating or travel.

أَعْشَاشname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly two water sources.

ذَاتُ العُشّname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name located between Sana'a and Mecca.

Parallel reading

العشة، النخلة إذا قل سعفها، ودق أسفلها، وصغر رأسها.

Al-'ushshah: the date palm tree when its fronds are few, its base is thin, and its head is small.

وقد عشْتُ، وعَشْشَتُ، إذا كانت كذلك.

And it became sparse, and it was made sparse, if it was like that.

فقال: عشش أعلاه، وصنبر أسفله.

He said: Its top is sparse, and its bottom is stout.

فما شجرات عيصك في قريش ... بعشات الفروع ولا ضواحي

And the trees of your lineage among Quraysh are not of sparse branches nor sprawling.

ولا عشة خلخالها يتقعقع

Nor is she thin, whose anklet rattles.

تضحك مني أن رأتني عشا ... لبست عصري عصر فامتشا

She laughs at me when she sees me thin... I wore my era, and I became thin.

وعش بدنه، أي الإنسان، عشاشة، بالفتح، وعشوشة، بالضم، وعششا، بالتحريك: نحل وضمر.

And his body became thin, meaning the human, with 'ushashah (open 'a'), and 'ushushah (closed 'u'), and 'ashashan (vowelized 'a'): it became lean and thin.

عش بريح البول غير ظلام ... برز رقطاء كثير التنآم

He approached with the smell of urine, not in darkness... he approached a spotted one, much desiring.

عشه بالقضيب عشا، إذا ضربه به ضربات.

He struck him with the stick, striking him multiple times.

وقد عشه فانعش.

And he patched it, and it was patched.

عش المعروف يعشه عشا، إذا قلله،

He gave little of the kindness, making it scarce, if he reduced it,

سقى سجلا عشا، أي قليلا نزرا،

He watered a bucketful sparingly, meaning little and scant,

يسقين لا عشا ولا مصردا.

They water, not sparingly nor continuously.

وهو بالضم: موضع الطائر، الذي يجمعه من دقاق الحطب وغيرها، في أفنان الشجر فيبيض فيه،

And it is with dammah: the place of the bird, which it gathers from small twigs and other things, in the branches of trees, where it lays its eggs,

ليس هذا بعشك فادرجى،

This is not your nest, so move on,

عزفت بأعشاش وما كدت تعزف ... وأنكرت من حدراء ما كنت تعرف

You turned away from A'shash, and you were about to turn away... and you denied from Hadraa' what you used to know.

أيا أبرقى أعشاش لا زال مدجن ... يجودكما حتى يروى ثراكما

O two peaks of A'shash, may rain continuously water you until your soil is quenched.

تلمس أعشاشك،

Seek out your nests,

هو العش المتراكب بعضه في بعض أي على بعض.

It is the nest layered one upon another, meaning on top of each other.

جاء به أي بالمال من عشه وبشه، وعسه وبسه، أي من حيث شاء،

He brought it, meaning the money, from his nest and his place, and from wherever he wished,

أعش الرجل: وقع في أرض عشة، أي غليظة،

A man fell into rough land: he fell into 'ushshah land, meaning rough,

أعش فلانا عن حاجته: صده ومنعه،

He deterred so-and-so from his need: he turned him away and prevented him,

أعش الظبي من كناسه: أزعجه،

He disturbed the gazelle from its hiding place: he agitated it,

أعش القوم: نزل منزلا قد نزلوه من قبله على كره فآذاهم حتى تحولوا من أجله وأذيته،

He annoyed the people: he settled in a place they had previously occupied, causing them distress until they moved because of him and his annoyance,

أعشها ... أذى من قلاص كالحني المعطف

It annoyed them... annoyance from young camels like bent ones.

تعشيشا، أي لا تخون في طعامنا فتخبأ منه في كل زاوية شيئا، فيصير كمعشش الطيور.

Hoarding, meaning do not be treacherous with our food by hiding something in every corner, so it becomes like the hoarding of birds.

معشش الدخل والتمامر

A place for small plants and dates.

اعتشفوا: امتاروا ميرة قليلة ليست بالكثيرة،

They gathered provisions: they gathered a small amount of provisions, not much,

وانعش القميص: ترقع، وهو مطاوع عششته، كما تقدم.

And the shirt was patched: it was patched, and it is the passive of 'he patched it', as previously mentioned.

لولا حباشات من التحبيش ... لصبية كأفرخ العشوش

Were it not for some adornments of decoration... for young girls like the chicks of nests.

والعشة من الأشجار: المفترقة من الأغصان التي لا توارى ما وراءها، والجمع عشاش.

And the 'ushshah of trees: scattered branches that do not hide what is behind them, and its plural is 'ushash.

وأرض عشة: قليلة الشجر في جلد عزاز، وليست بجبل ولا رمل، وهي لينة في ذلك.

And 'ushshah land: little vegetation on hard ground, neither mountain nor sand, and it is soft in that regard.

وناقة عشة بينة العشش والعشاشة والعشوشة، وفرس عش القوائم: دقيق.

And a camel showing thinness, clear thinness, and a horse with thin legs: slender.

وأعش بالقوم، وعش بهم، الأخيرة عن الليث: نزل بهم على كره.

And he settled among the people, and he settled among them, the latter from Al-Layth: he settled among them unwillingly.

وجاؤا معاشين الصبح، أي مبادرين.

And they came early in the morning, meaning hastening.

وأعشني الأمر: أعجل فيه.

The matter hastened me: it made me hurry.

وبعير عشوش: ضعيف من الضراب أو السير.

And a weak camel: weak from mating or travel.