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وهص

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the semantic field of crushing, breaking, pressing, and forcefully impacting something, especially soft or yielding material. It extends to concepts of intense pressure, forceful throwing, and even metaphorical applications like divine subjugation or the physical state of bones.

Derived headwords

الوهصnoun
  1. 1.
    crushing, breakingboth

    The act of crushing a soft object by stepping on it.

  2. 2.
    intense pressureboth

    The intensity of stepping or pressing down on the ground.

  3. 3.
    forceful throwingboth

    Violent, intense throwing or casting.

  4. 4.
    crushing, breakingboth

    The act of crushing or breaking something, similar to 'وقص'.

  5. 5.
    castrationclassical

    The act of crushing testicles, often between stones.

  6. 6.
    depression in landclassical

    A low-lying, rounded area of land.

وهصهverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    To crush a soft object by stepping on it.

  2. 2.
    to breakboth

    To break something, especially something soft.

  3. 3.
    to throw forcefullyboth

    To throw something down forcefully or violently.

  4. 4.
    to crushboth

    To crush or break something, similar to 'وقصه'.

  5. 5.
    to drag downclassical

    To drag something towards the ground.

  6. 6.
    to crushclassical

    To crush something by placing a foot on it and pressing hard.

  7. 7.
    to crush testiclesclassical

    To crush the testicles, often between stones.

  8. 8.
    to strike against the groundclassical

    To strike something against the ground.

موهوصadjective
  1. 1.
    crushedboth

    Describing something that has been crushed or broken.

  2. 2.
    crushed testiclesclassical

    Describing someone whose testicles have been crushed.

  3. 3.
    strong-bonedclassical

    Describing someone with strong bones, as if they are intertwined.

وهيصnoun
  1. 1.
    crushingclassical

    The act of crushing or breaking something.

وهيصadjective
  1. 1.
    crushedclassical

    Describing something that has been crushed or broken.

تهصverb
  1. 1.
    to crushboth

    Present tense verb, meaning 'they crush' or 'it crushes', referring to the action of crushing.

وهصه الله تعالى إلى الأرضother
  1. 1.
    God cast him down to earthclassical

    Metaphorical expression for God forcefully casting someone down to earth, implying a violent descent.

وهصت الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    I crushed the thingboth

    Past tense verb, first person singular, meaning 'I crushed the thing'.

وهصهverb
  1. 1.
    to crushclassical

    To crush something by placing a foot on it and pressing hard.

وهص الرجل الكبشverb
  1. 1.
    the man castrated the ramclassical

    The man castrated the ram by crushing its testicles.

وهيصadjective
  1. 1.
    crushedclassical

    Describing someone whose testicles have been crushed.

الوهصةnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying landclassical

    A low-lying, rounded area of the earth.

الوهضةnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying landclassical

    A low-lying, rounded area of the earth.

الوهطةnoun
  1. 1.
    low-lying landclassical

    A low-lying, rounded area of the earth.

الوهاصadjective
  1. 1.
    generousclassical

    A generous person, a giver.

  2. 2.
    strongclassical

    A strong person or thing.

  3. 3.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

موهوص الخلقadjective
  1. 1.
    intertwined bonesclassical

    Describing someone whose bones seem to be intertwined or densely packed.

موهصهadjective
  1. 1.
    intertwined bonesclassical

    Describing someone whose bones seem to be intertwined or densely packed.

موهصاadjective
  1. 1.
    intertwined bonesclassical

    Describing someone whose bones seem to be intertwined or densely packed.

موهوصadjective
  1. 1.
    strong-bonedclassical

    Describing someone with strong bones.

موهصadjective
  1. 1.
    strong-bonedclassical

    Describing someone with strong bones.

بنو موهصىname
  1. 1.
    slavesclassical

    A term referring to slaves.

واهصة الخصىother
  1. 1.
    crusher of testiclesclassical

    An insult referring to someone whose mother was a shepherdess, implying a low or base origin.

المواهصnoun
  1. 1.
    places of depressionclassical

    Places that are low-lying and rounded.

الوهص، والوعس، والوهزother
  1. 1.
    intense pressingclassical

    These terms are synonymous, referring to intense pressing or squeezing.

الوهصnoun
  1. 1.
    pressing with handclassical

    The act of pressing or squeezing with the hand.

Parallel reading

كالوعد: كسر الشيء الرخو ووطؤه، وقد وهصه.
Like 'wa'd': breaking a soft thing and stepping on it, and he crushed it.
فهو موهوص، ووهيص، وقيل: دقه.
And he is 'mawhus', and 'wahis', and it was said: its crushing.
فدغه، وهو كسر الرطب.
Crushing it, which is breaking a date.
الوهص: شدة الوطء، نقله الجوهري، أي شدة غمز وطء القدم على الأرض
Al-wahs: intensity of stepping, transmitted by Al-Jawhari, meaning the intensity of pressing the footstep on the ground.
لقد رأيت الظعن الشواخصا على جمال تهص المواهصا
I have seen the moving tents standing tall on camels that crush the low-lying places.
الوهص: الرمي العنيف: الشديد.
Al-wahs: violent throwing: intense.
أن آدم عليه وعلى نبينا السلام حين أهبط من الجنة وهصه الله تعالى إلى الأرض
That Adam, peace be upon him and upon our Prophet, when he was sent down from Paradise, God Almighty cast him down to earth.
معناه كأنما رمى به رميا عنيفا شديدا، وغمزه إلى الأرض.
Its meaning is as if he was thrown violently and intensely, and pressed down to the earth.
من تواضع رفع الله حكمته، ومن تكبر وعدا طوره وهصه الله تعالى إلى الأرض
Whoever is humble, God raises his wisdom; whoever is arrogant, God crushes him and casts him down to earth.
يعني كسره ودقه.
Meaning breaking and crushing it.
يقال: وهصت الشيء وهصا، ووقصته وقصا، بمعنى واحد.
It is said: I crushed the thing with 'wahs', and I broke it with 'waqs', meaning the same.
وهصه: جذبه إلى الأرض.
He crushed it: he dragged it to the ground.
وذلك إذا وضع قدمه عليه فشدخه.
And that is when he placed his foot on it and crushed it.
أخذ من ذلك الوهص بمعنى الجب والخصاء، نقله ابن عباد
From this is derived 'al-wahs' meaning castration, transmitted by Ibn 'Abbad.
يقال: وهص الرجل الكبش، فهو موهوص، ووهيص: شد خصييه ثم شدخهما بين حجرين.
It is said: the man crushed the ram, so he is 'mawhus', and 'wahis': he tightened its testicles then crushed them between two stones.
ما اطمأن من الأرض واستدار، عن ابن عباد، كأنه وهص بها، أي وطئت
What is low and rounded of the earth, from Ibn 'Abbad, as if it was crushed by it, meaning stepped upon.
ورجل موهوص الخلق وموهصه، كمعظم، كأنه تداخلت عظامه.
And a man of 'mawhus' creation and 'mawhasuh', like 'mu'azzam', as if his bones were intertwined.
موهصا ما يتشكى الفائقا
Crushing what the superior complains of.
رجل موهوص، وموهص: شديد العظام.
A man 'mawhus', and 'mawhas': strong-boned.
بنو موهصى، كخوزلى: هم العبيد
Banu Mawhasa, like Khuzala: they are the slaves.
وهصه: ضرب به الأرض، كوأصه.
He crushed it: he struck it against the ground, like 'awa'sahu'.
الوهص، والوعس، والوهز، واحد، وهو شدة الغمز
Al-wahs, al-wa's, and al-wahz, are one, and it is intense pressing.
الوهص: الغمز باليد.
Al-wahs: pressing with the hand.
والمواهص: مواضع الوهصة.
And al-mawahis: the places of al-wahsa.
على جمال تهص المواهصا
On camels that crush the low-lying places.
يا ابن واهصة الخصى، إذا كانت أمه راعية
O son of the crusher of testicles, if his mother was a shepherdess.
ونبئت غسان بن واهصة الخصى يلجلج مني مضغة لا يحيرها
And I was told Ghassan, son of the crusher of testicles, struggles within me with a morsel he cannot digest.
الوهاص: الأسد، نقله الصاغاني.
Al-wahas: the lion, transmitted by Al-Saghani.
الوهاص: الشديد.
Al-wahas: the intense one.
كأن تحت خفها الوهاص ميظب أكم نيط بالملاص
As if beneath its hoof the intense one [is] a sharp stone attached to the rock.