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وه ش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of breaking, crushing, and intense movement or speed. It also touches upon the idea of bare feet or walking with difficulty.

Derived headwords

التَّوَهُّشnoun
  1. 1.
    barefootednessclassical

    Walking barefoot, or the state of being barefoot.

  2. 2.
    walking heavilyclassical

    The act of walking with a heavy gait or with difficulty.

الوَهْشnoun
  1. 1.
    breaking and crushingclassical

    The act of breaking something into small pieces or crushing it.

التَّوَهُّسnoun
  1. 1.
    intense speedclassical

    The act of moving with great speed and intensity.

  2. 2.
    breakingclassical

    The act of breaking or crushing.

الوَهَسnoun
  1. 1.
    breakingclassical

    The act of breaking or crushing.

Parallel reading

التوهش، أهمله الجوهري، وقال الصاغاني: هو الحفاء، ومشى المثقل، كلاهما عن ابن عباد.
Al-tawahsh: Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Al-Saghani said: it is barefootedness, and walking heavily, both from Ibn 'Abbad.
وفي اللسان: الوهش: الكسر والدق.
And in Al-Lisan: Al-wahsh: breaking and crushing.
وقد تقدم في السين أن التوهس هو شدة السير والإسراع فيه، وكذلك مر هناك الوهس هو الكسر، وكأن الشين لغة فيهما، ولم ينبها على ذلك.
And it was previously mentioned under the letter Sin that Al-tawhus is intense speed and hastening in it, and similarly, it was mentioned there that Al-whas is breaking, and it is as if the Shin is a dialectal variation for both, and they did not point this out.