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مهص

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of cleaning, purification, and immersion. It also extends to the idea of plants or foliage withering and disappearing.

Derived headwords

مَهَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to cleanclassical

    To clean or whiten a garment.

تَمْهِيصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    cleaningclassical

    The act of cleaning or whitening a garment.

تَمَهَّصَverb
  1. 1.
    to immerseclassical

    To immerse oneself in water.

امْهَاصَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to witherclassical

    The vegetation and leaves of the land have disappeared or withered.

امْهِيصَاصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    witheringclassical

    The disappearance or withering of vegetation and leaves.

مَهْصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    witheredclassical

    Describing land whose vegetation and leaves have disappeared.

Parallel reading

ثوبه تمهيصا
His garment was cleaned.
أي نظفه وبيضه
Meaning: he cleaned it and whitened it.
تمهص في الماء
He immersed himself in the water.
امهاصت الأرض امهيصاصا
The land's vegetation and leaves disappeared.
وهي مهصاء
And it (the land) is withered.