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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to sustenance, living, and potentially the effort or struggle involved in obtaining it. It is linked to the concept of livelihood and the means of survival.

Derived headwords

المعوشةnoun
  1. 1.
    Livelihoodclassical

    A term for livelihood or sustenance, considered by some to be an Azd dialectal variant of المعيشة.

المعيشةnoun
  1. 1.
    Livelihoodboth

    The state of earning enough money to live; one's occupation or source of income.

  2. 2.
    Livingboth

    The means of sustaining life; sustenance.

Parallel reading

المعوشة، أهمله الجوهري وقال المؤرج: هي لغة في المعيشة، أزدية
Al-Ma'ūshah, whom Al-Jawharī neglected, and Al-Mu'arrij said: it is a dialectal term for Al-Ma'īshah, from the Azd tribe.
وأنشد لحاجز بن الجعيد: (من الخفرات لا يتم غذاها ... ولا كد المعوشة والعلاج)
And he recited for Ḥājiz ibn Al-Ju'ayd: (Among the delicate ones, her nourishment is not complete... nor the toil of livelihood and treatment).
من الخفرات لا يتم غذاها
Among the delicate ones, her nourishment is not complete
ولا كد المعوشة والعلاج
Nor the toil of livelihood and treatment
هكذا نقله الصاغاني
Thus Al-Ṣāghānī transmitted it.
وذكره صاحب اللسان في التي بعده
And the author of Al-Lisān mentioned it in the entry that follows.