م غ ش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to covering, obscuring, or deceiving. It can also refer to places or cities, often named after tribes or historical events.

Derived headwords

مَغْشname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place in Iraq where a battle took place between Khalid ibn al-Walid and the Persians.

أَمْغَيْشِيَاname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place in Iraq, with variations in pronunciation (Amghishiya or Umghishiya), known for a battle and a destroyed church.

أَمْغَىname

1.
Place name (abbreviated)classical
An abbreviated form referring to the place Amghishiya, used poetically.

مَغْوُشَةname

1.
City nameclassical
A city in Al-Andalus, near Tudmir and Carthage, named after a tribe.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك عليه: مغش، ومنه أمغيشيا بفتح وكسر: موضع بالعراق، كانت به وقعة بين خالد بن الوليد، رضي الله تعالى عنه، وبين الفرس، وكان به كنيسة، ولما ملكوه هدموها، وكانت أليس من مسالحها

And among what is to be added to it is Maghsh, and from it is Amghishiya (with fath and kasr): a place in Iraq, where a battle took place between Khalid ibn al-Walid, may God Almighty be pleased with him, and the Persians, and there was a church there, and when they conquered it, they demolished it, and Alis was one of its border outposts.

وفيه يقول أبو مفزر الأسود بن قطبة: (لقينا يوم أليس وأمغى ... ويوم المقر آساد النهار)

And about it, Abu Mufazzar Al-Aswad ibn Qutbah says: (We met on the day of Alis and Amgha... and the day of Al-Maqar, lions of the day)

أراد بقوله: أمغى هذا الموضع بعينه، فحذف، كقول لبيد: عفت المنا بمتالع فأبان. أراد: المنازل، نقله ياقوت.

He intended by his saying: Amgha, this very place, and omitted it, like the saying of Labid: The dwellings have been effaced by the heights and then by Aban. He intended: the dwellings, as narrated by Yaqut.

ومغوشة: مدينة بالأندلس، من نواحي تدمير، وقرطاجة، والميم أصلية، سميت باسم القبيلة.

And Maghwusha: a city in Al-Andalus, from the regions of Tudmir and Carthage, and the 'Meem' is original, named after the tribe.