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Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to searching, seeking, or grasping for something, often with a sense of gentle or small-scale action. It also extends to the meaning of plucking or separating fibers, particularly from cotton.

Derived headwords

النَدْشnoun
  1. 1.
    searchingclassical

    The act of searching for something, akin to striking or probing.

  2. 2.
    plucking cottonclassical

    The act of plucking or separating fibers from cotton.

  3. 3.
    small graspclassical

    A small amount of taking or grasping.

نَدَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to search forclassical

    To search for something, to seek it out.

  2. 2.
    to pluck cottonclassical

    To pluck or separate fibers from cotton.

نَدْشًاnoun
  1. 1.
    searchingclassical

    The act of searching for something.

المَنْدُوشadjective
  1. 1.
    pluckedclassical

    Describing cotton that has had its fibers plucked or separated.

Parallel reading

هو البحث عن الشيء
It is the search for something.
وهو شبيه بالنجش
And it is similar to 'najsh' (luring).
ندشت عن هذا الأمر ندشا
I searched for this matter with a search.
والندش: ندف القطن
And 'al-nadsh' is the plucking of cotton.
في هبريات الكرسف المندوش
In the soft parts of the plucked cotton.
يقول كأني طائر قد تمرط ريشه
He says as if I were a bird whose feathers have been plucked.
وشبه شيبه بالقطن المندوف
And he likened his gray hair to fluffed cotton.
يصف كبره
Describing his greatness.
والبوه: ذكر البوهة
And 'al-būh' is the male of the 'būhah' (a type of bird).
الندش: التناول القليل
Al-nadsh: a small amount of taking.
وهو تصحيف
And it is a textual corruption.