عوص

Root entry · 43 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes difficulty, hardship, and complexity. It extends to concepts of being stubborn, intractable, or causing distress. It also encompasses meanings related to something being dense, solid, or difficult to navigate.

Derived headwords

عَاصَverb

1.
to be difficultclassical
The verb عاص (ʿāṣa) is used as a variant for يعوص (yaʿūṣu), indicating that something is difficult or hard.

عِيَاصًاnoun

1.
difficultyclassical
This is a masdar (verbal noun) indicating difficulty, often associated with speech or matters.

عَوْصًاnoun

1.
difficultyclassical
A masdar indicating difficulty, hardness, or intensity, used for things and situations.

عَائِصٌadjective

1.
barren (sheep)classical
Describes a ewe that has not conceived for years.

عَوْصnoun

1.
difficultyclassical
A masdar indicating difficulty or hardship, often used in the plural 'عوص' (ʿūṣ) for hardships.

عَوِيصٌadjective

1.
difficult (poetry)classical
Describes poetry whose meaning is hard to extract or understand.
2.
difficult (word)classical
Refers to a word that is strange or difficult to comprehend.
3.
difficult (place)classical
Describes a place that is rugged, steep, or difficult to traverse.
4.
solid (earth)classical
Describes earth or soil that is hard and solid.

الأَعْوَصُadjective

1.
difficult (poetry)classical
Similar to 'عويص', it describes poetry that is difficult to understand.

العَوِيصُnoun

1.
difficultyclassical
Refers to a difficult matter or situation.
2.
spiritclassical
Can refer to the spirit, vitality, or strength of a person.

العَوْصَاءُnoun

1.
severe hardshipclassical
Denotes a severe hardship, distress, or difficult situation.
2.
barrennessclassical
Can refer to a state of barrenness or drought.
3.
contraryclassical
Describes something that is contrary or goes against the norm.
4.
solid earthclassical
Refers to solid earth or sand that is difficult to pass through.

أَعْوَصَverb

1.
to complicateclassical
To make a matter or argument difficult or convoluted for someone, causing them distress or confusion.
2.
to make difficultclassical
To introduce arguments or complexities that make it hard for an opponent to extricate themselves.

تَعْوِيصٌnoun

1.
recitation of difficult poetryclassical
The act of reciting a difficult or obscure verse of poetry.
2.
nonconformityclassical
The act of being unstraightforward or inconsistent in speech or action.

عَاوَصَverb

1.
to wrestleclassical
To wrestle with someone, to contend or struggle against them.

اعْتَاصَverb

1.
to become difficultclassical
The matter became difficult, complicated, or intractable.
2.
to fail to conceiveclassical
A female animal, particularly a camel or horse, failed to become pregnant after mating.

مُعْتَاصٌadjective

1.
difficultclassical
Describes a matter that has become difficult, complicated, or intractable.

العِيصَاءُnoun

1.
severe hardshipclassical
Used interchangeably with 'العوصاء' to denote severe hardship or distress.

العَوَاصُnoun

1.
fox's pathclassical
Refers to the paths or trails made by a fox.
2.
heart's coreclassical
Denotes the innermost part or core of the heart.

العَيصُnoun

1.
remnantsclassical
Refers to the remaining parts or remnants, possibly of wealth or possessions.

العَوَصُnoun

1.
needclassical
Denotes a need or necessity.
2.
hardshipclassical
Refers to hardship or difficult times.

العَائِصُnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A masdar denoting hardship or difficulty, similar to 'الفالج'.

المِعْيَاصُadjective

1.
stubbornclassical
Describes someone who is stubborn or intractable towards you in fulfilling your request.

عَوِيصٌname

1.
name of a valleyclassical
A proper name for a valley.

عَوِيصٌname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper name for a place.

العَوَاصُname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper name for a place.

عَوِيصٌname

1.
name of a tribeclassical
A proper name for a tribe.

عَوِيصُ الأَنْفِother

1.
area around the noseclassical
Refers to the area surrounding the nose.

عُوصٌname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper name for a place.

العَوْصُname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper name for a place.

العَوْصَاءُname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A proper name for a place.

عَوْصُ بْنُ عَوْفِname

1.
ancestor nameclassical
The name of an ancestor, part of a lineage.

عَوْصُ بْنُ إِرَمَname

1.
ancestor nameclassical
The name of an ancestor, linked to Noah.

العَيصِيُّnoun

1.
remnantsclassical
Plural of 'عيصوة', referring to the remaining parts or remnants.

العَوْصِيُّname

1.
nisba nameclassical
A nisba indicating origin from a place or lineage named 'عوص'.

عَاصَverb

1.
to be difficultclassical
A variant form indicating difficulty.

عَوِيصٌadjective

1.
dense (sand)classical
Describes sand that is dense and difficult to traverse.

العَوْصُnoun

1.
difficultyclassical
The opposite of ease or possibility.

اعْتَاصَverb

1.
to be obscure (speech)classical
Speech or language becomes obscure, complex, or difficult to understand.

أَعْوَصَverb

1.
to obscure (speech)classical
To make speech or reasoning obscure or convoluted.

المِعْيَاصُadjective

1.
stubbornclassical
Someone who is difficult and unyielding in their demands or actions.

عَوَّصَverb

1.
to be crookedclassical
A person is not straightforward or consistent in their words or deeds.

العَوْصَاءُnoun

1.
droughtclassical
Refers to a period of drought or barrenness.
2.
needclassical
Denotes a pressing need or necessity.

العَوِيصُnoun

1.
needclassical
Denotes a need or necessity.

العَائِصُnoun

1.
needclassical
Denotes a need or necessity.

الأَعْوَصُadjective

1.
obscureclassical
Describes something that is obscure, hidden, or not easily understood.

Parallel reading

عوص الكلام، كفرح

Speech was difficult, like 'faraha'.

وعاص يعاص، لغة فيه

And 'wa'āṣa' he struggles, a dialectal variant for it.

عوص الشيء عوصا: اشتد

The thing became difficult, 'awṣan': it intensified.

وشاة عائص: لم تحمل أعواما، ج عوص بالضم

And a barren ewe: she did not conceive for years, plural 'uṣṣ' with damma.

والعويص من الشعر: ما يصعب استخراج معناه

And the difficult (type) of poetry: that whose meaning is hard to extract.

وأبني من الشعر شعرا عويصا ... ينسي الرواة الذي قد رووا

And I compose from poetry a difficult poem... that makes the narrators forget what they have narrated.

والعويص من الكلم: الغريبة

And the difficult (type) of words: the strange ones.

وكلام عويص، وكلمة عويصة وعوصاء

And difficult speech, and a difficult word, and a difficult (word).

يا أيها السائل عن عوصائها عن مرة الميسور

O asker about its difficulties, about the hardship of ease.

والعوصاء من الدواهي: الشديدة

And the severe (calamity) from calamities: the intense one.

فلان يركب العوصاء، أي أصعب الأمور

So-and-so undertakes the severe (situation), meaning the most difficult of matters.

أصابتهم عوصاء، أي شدة

Hardship befell them, meaning intensity.

هذه ميثاء عوصاء: بينة العوص

This is a contrary, difficult (situation): clear difficulty.

وفيها العوصاء والميسور

And in it are hardship and ease.

وتراب عويص، أي صلب

And solid earth, meaning hard.

والعويص من الأماكن: الشئز

And the difficult (type) of places: the rugged.

تحل عليهم محلا عويصا

You descend upon them in a difficult place.

عاوصته، أي صارعته

I wrestled with him, meaning I struggled with him.

طرق الثعلب، كالعواص، بالفتح

The paths of the fox, like 'al-'awāṣ', with fatha.

وأعوص بالخصم عياصا بالكسر، وعوصا، محركة، إذا لوى عليه أمره

And he made it difficult for the opponent with 'iyāṣan' with kasra, and 'awṣan', with haraka, if his matter became twisted for him.

فلقد أعوص بالخصم وقد ... أملأ الجفنة من شحم القلل

For indeed, I made it difficult for the opponent, and I would... fill the trough with the fat of the mountain peaks.

أعوص عليه وأعوص به، إذا أدخل عليه من الحجج ما عسر عليه مخرجه منه

He made it difficult for him and made it difficult with him, if he presented him with arguments from which it was hard for him to escape.

عوص فلان تعويصا، إذا ألقى بيتا من الشعر عويصا، صعب الاستخراج

So-and-so recited 'ta'wīṣan', if he recited a verse of poetry that was difficult, hard to extract.

عاوصه: صارعه

He wrestled with him: he struggled with him.

واعتاص الأمر عليه: اشتد والتوى

And the matter became difficult for him: it intensified and twisted.

اعتاص الأمر إذا التاث عليه فلم يهتد للصواب فيه

The matter became difficult if it became tangled for him and he did not find the right course in it.

اعتاصت الناقة: ضربت فلم تلقح من غير علة

The she-camel failed to conceive: she was mounted but did not become pregnant without any defect.

العوص، محركة: ضد الإمكان واليسر

Hardship, with haraka: the opposite of possibility and ease.

واعتاص الكلام: غمض

And the speech became obscure: it became complex.

وأعوص في المنطق: غمضه

And he made obscure in his speech: he made it complex.

وعوص الرجل تعويصا، إذا لم يستقيم في قول ولا فعل

And the man acted crookedly 'tawīṣan', if he was not upright in word or deed.

ونهر فيه عوص: يجري مرة كذا ومرة كذا

And a river with difficulty in it: it flows one way at one time and another way at another.

والعوصاء: الجدب

And the drought: the barrenness.

والعوصاء: الحاجة، وكذلك العوص، والعويص، والعائص، الأخيرة مصدر كالفالج ونحوه

And the hardship: the need, and likewise the difficulty, the complex, and the hardship, the last being a masdar like 'al-fālij' and the like.

ودراس أعوص دارس متخدد

And a worn-out, obscure, ancient text, worn away by others.

أدنى ديارها العوصاء

The nearest of their dwellings is Al-'Awṣā'.

عوص: اسم قبيلة من كلب

'Awṣ: a name of a tribe from Kalb.

هم جدعوا الأنف الأشم عويصه ... وجبوا السنام فالتحوه وغاربه

They mutilated the proud nose, its surrounding area... and they cut off the hump, and they scraped its side and its flank.

والعواص والعويص: حاق القلب

And 'al-'awāṣ' and 'al-'uwayṣ': the core of the heart.

ذهبت الأموال إلا العياصي، وهي البقايا

The wealth was gone except for the 'al-'iyāṣī', which are the remnants.

جاسر بن ياسر بن عويص الغساني، كأمير، شهد فتح مصر

Jāsir bin Yāsir bin 'Uwāyṣ al-Ghasānī, like 'amīr', witnessed the conquest of Egypt.

مسلمة بن عبد الملك العوصي، بالفتح: محدث

Muslimah bin 'Abd al-Malik al-'Awṣī, with fatha: a traditionist.

عوص بن عوف بن عذرة بن زيد اللات بن رفيدة بن ثور بن كلب بن وبرة: بطن من كلب

'Awṣ bin 'Awf bin 'Adhrah bin Zayd al-Lāt bin Rufaydah bin Thawr bin Kalb bin Wabarah: a clan of Kalb.

عوص بن إرم بن سام بن نوح عليه السلام، إليه ينسب قحطان

'Awṣ bin Iram bin Sām bin Nūḥ, peace be upon him, to him Qaḥṭān is attributed.