م ش ط

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to combing hair and the tools used for it. It extends to describe various objects resembling a comb, parts of the body, and actions like mixing or smoothing. Figurative uses include describing a camel's appearance and a person's physique.

Derived headwords

المِشْطnoun

1.
combboth
A tool with teeth used for grooming hair.
2.
loomclassical
A device used for weaving, specifically the part that is moved back and forth.
3.
plantclassical
A small plant, also called 'wolf's comb'.
4.
metatarsalsboth
The slender bones on the top of the foot, between the ankle and the toes.
5.
shoulder blade boneclassical
A broad bone from the shoulder.
6.
branding markclassical
A mark used to brand camels, shaped like a comb.
7.
tool for smoothingclassical
A tool with branches used for smoothing hides or covering jars.

المُشْطnoun

1.
combboth
A tool with teeth used for grooming hair. This pronunciation is considered more eloquent.
2.
loomclassical
A device used for weaving, specifically the part that is moved back and forth.
3.
plantclassical
A small plant, also called 'wolf's comb'.
4.
metatarsalsboth
The slender bones on the top of the foot, between the ankle and the toes.
5.
shoulder blade boneclassical
A broad bone from the shoulder.
6.
branding markclassical
A mark used to brand camels, shaped like a comb.
7.
tool for smoothingclassical
A tool with branches used for smoothing hides or covering jars.

المَشْطnoun

1.
combclassical
A tool with teeth used for grooming hair. This pronunciation is noted by Al-Kisa'i.
2.
mixingclassical
The act of mixing, such as water and milk.

المَشْطnoun

1.
combclassical
A tool with teeth used for grooming hair. This pronunciation is noted by Abu Al-Haytham.

المُمَشِّطnoun

1.
combboth
A tool used for combing hair.

المَشَّاطَةnoun

1.
hairdresserboth
A woman who is skilled in combing and styling hair.
2.
hairdressingboth
The craft or profession of hairdressing.

المَشَّاطnoun

1.
hairdresserclassical
A woman who is skilled in combing and styling hair.
2.
hairdressingclassical
The craft or profession of hairdressing.

مَشَّطَverb

1.
to comb hairboth
To groom hair using a comb.
2.
to comb hairboth
To groom hair using a comb. This is the standard form.
3.
to comb hairboth
To groom hair using a comb. This form is also used.

امْتَشَطَverb

1.
to comb one's hairboth
To groom one's own hair.

مَشَّطَ (الناقة)verb

1.
to become fatty on the sidesclassical
Describing a she-camel that has developed fat on its flanks.

مَشَّطَتْ يَدُهُverb

1.
hand became roughclassical
The hand became rough due to work.
2.
thorns entered handclassical
Thorns or splinters entered the hand.

مُمَشَّطadjective

1.
long and slenderclassical
Describing a person who is tall and thin.
2.
branded with a comb markclassical
An animal branded with a mark shaped like a comb.

الأَمْشَطadjective

1.
tall and slenderclassical
Describing a person who is tall and thin.

المُشَّاطnoun

1.
one who works with combsclassical
A person who makes or sells combs.

المِشْطَةnoun

1.
type of combclassical
A specific type or style of comb.

المَشَّاطَةnoun

1.
hairdressingclassical
The act or craft of hairdressing.

المُمَشَّطadjective

1.
slender and tallclassical
Describing someone who is tall and slender.

أَمْشَاطnoun

1.
combsboth
Plural of 'mishṭ' (comb).
2.
metatarsalsboth
Plural of 'mishṭ' referring to the bones of the foot.

مَشَّاطnoun

1.
hairdressingclassical
The act or craft of hairdressing.

المَشْقَاnoun

1.
combclassical
A tool used for combing hair.

المُفَرِّجnoun

1.
combclassical
A tool used for combing hair.

المُكَدّnoun

1.
combclassical
A tool used for combing hair.

المِرْجَلnoun

1.
combclassical
A tool used for combing hair.

المَسْرَحnoun

1.
combclassical
A tool used for combing hair.

المَشَّاطَةnoun

1.
young girlclassical
A young girl who is skilled in hairdressing.

مَشَّطَ (يده)verb

1.
to enter into (hand)classical
For thorns or similar objects to enter into the hand.

مَشْطnoun

1.
villageclassical
A village named Mishṭ in Al-Minufiyya.

مِشْطَاnoun

1.
villageclassical
A village named Mishṭā in Upper Egypt.

ابن الأمشاطيname

1.
a scholarclassical
A scholar and traditionist named Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Hasan bin Ismail Al-Antabi Al-Masri.

لَمَةٌ مَشِيطadjective

1.
combed hairclassical
Hair that has been combed.

المشاطnoun

1.
hairdressingclassical
The act or craft of hairdressing.

Parallel reading

المشط مثلثة الأول، وحكى جماعة التثليث في شينه أيضا

Al-mishṭ is triliteral with the first letter vowelized (fatḥa), and a group narrated triliteration in its shīn as well.

وأنكر ابن دريد المشط، بالكسر، واقتصر الجوهري على الضم وهو أفصح لغاته.

Ibn Duraid rejected al-mishṭ (with kasra), and Al-Jawhari limited himself to the ḍamma, which is the most eloquent of its pronunciations.

ومن لغاته: المشط ككتف، وقال الكسائي: المشط، مثال عنق.

Among its pronunciations are: al-mishṭ like 'kitf', and Al-Kisa'i said: al-mishṭ, like 'unuq'.

وعن أبي الهيثم وحده: المشط، مثال عتل، وأنشد:

And from Abu Al-Haytham alone: al-mishṭ, like 'util', and he recited:

إن الغني عن المشط الأقرع

Indeed, the rich are in no need of a bald man's comb.

ومن أسمائه الممشط، مثال منبر والمكد، والمرجل، والمسرح، والمشقا، بالقصر والمد والنحيت، والمفرج، كل ذلك آلة يمتشط أي يسرح بها الشعر.

And among its names are al-mimsḥaṭ, like 'minbar', and al-makkad, and al-mirjal, and al-masraḥ, and al-mashqā (with shortening and lengthening and carving), and al-mufarrij; all of these are tools with which one combs, meaning styles, the hair.

ج: أمشاط، كعنق، وأعناق، وقفل وأقفال، وكتف وأكتاف، ومشاط، بالكسر، مثل سلب وسلاب.

Plural: amshāṭ, like 'unuq, and a'nāq, and qifl and aqfāl, and kitf and aktāf, and mashāṭ (with kasra), like salb and salāb.

قد كنت أغنى ذي غنى عنكم كما ... أغنى الرجال عن المشاط الأقرع

I was as rich as a rich person, needing you as much as men need a bald man's hairdresser.

كأن على مفارقه نسيلا ... من الكتان ينزع بالمشاط

As if on his parting was a tuft... of flax being pulled out with a comb.

والمشط بالضم: منسج ينسج به منصوبا.

And al-mishṭ (with ḍamma) is a loom with which one weaves, set up.

يقال: ضرب الناسج بمشطه وأمشاطه، وهو مجاز.

It is said: the weaver struck with his comb and his combs, and this is metaphorical.

والمشط: نبت صغير، ويقال له مشط الذئب، نقله الجوهري، وليس فيه الواو، زاد في اللسان: له جراء كجراء القثاء.

And al-mishṭ is a small plant, and it is called 'wolf's comb', as narrated by Al-Jawhari, and it does not contain the 'waw'. In Al-Lisān it is added: it has fruits like the fruits of gourds.

وفي التهذيب والصحاح: المشط: سلاميات ظهر القدم، وهي العظام الرقاق المفترشة على القدم دون الأصابع، يقال: انكسر مشط قدمه، وقاموا على أمشاط أرجلهم، وهو مجاز.

And in Al-Tahdhib and Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: Al-mishṭ are the metatarsals of the foot, which are the thin bones spread on the foot below the toes. It is said: the metatarsal of his foot broke, and they stood on the metatarsals of their feet, and this is metaphorical.

والمشط من الكتف: عظم عريض، كما في الصحاح.

And al-mishṭ from the shoulder is a broad bone, as in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ.

وفي التهذيب: ومشط الكتف: اللحم العريض.

And in Al-Tahdhib: and mashṭ al-katif is the broad flesh.

والمشط: سمة للإبل على صورة المشط.

And al-mishṭ is a brand for camels in the shape of a comb.

قال أبو علي: تكون في الخد والعنق والفخذ.

Abu Ali said: it is on the cheek, neck, and thigh.

قال سيبويه: أما المشط والدلو والخطاف فإنما يريد أن عليه صورة هذه الأشياء.

Sibawayh said: As for al-mishṭ, al-dalu, and al-khuṭṭāf, he means that it has the image of these things on it.

وبعير ممشوط: سمته المشط.

And a ممشوط camel: it was branded with the comb mark.

والمشط: سبجة فيها أفنان، وفي وسطها هراوة يقبض عليها، وتسوى بها القصاب، ويغطى بها الحب، أي الدن.

And al-mishṭ is a type of palm frond with branches, and in its middle is a club to be held, with which hides are smoothed, and with which jars are covered.

والمشط، بالفتح: الخلط عن الفراء: يقال: مشط بين الماء واللبن.

And al-mishṭ (with fatḥa) is mixing, according to Al-Farrā': it is said: he mixed between water and milk.

والمشط: ترجيل الشعر.

And al-mishṭ is combing the hair.

ظاهره أنه من حد نصر، وعليه اقتصر الجوهري أيضا.

Its apparent meaning is from the verb form 'naṣara', and Al-Jawhari also limited himself to this.

وفي المحكم والمصباح: مشط شعره يمشطه ويمشطه، مشطا، من حدي نصر وضرب، أي رجله.

And in Al-Muḥkam and Al-Miṣbāḥ: he combed his hair, yamshuṭuhu and yamshiṭuhu, mashṭan, from the verb forms naṣara and ḍaraba, meaning he styled it.

والمشاطة، كثمامة: ما سقط منه عند المشط، وقد امتشط،

And al-mashāṭah, like 'thamāmah': what falls from it during combing, and he has combed his hair,

وامتشطت المرأة.

And the woman combed her hair.

ومشطتها الماشطة مشطا، كما في الصحاح.

And the hairdresser combed her hair, mashṭan, as in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ.

والماشطة: التي تحسن المشط، وحرفتها المشاطة، بالكسر، على القياس.

And al-māshiṭah is she who excels at combing, and her profession is al-mushāṭah (with kasra), according to analogy.

ومن المجاز: مشطت الناقة، كفرح مشطا: صار على جانبيها، وفي الأساس: جنبيها كالأمشاط من الشحم، كمشطت تمشيطا، كما في اللسان والأساس.

And from metaphor: the she-camel became mashṭat, ka-fariḥa, mashṭan: it became on its sides, and in Al-Asās: its sides were like combs of fat, kamashṭat, tamshīṭan, as in Al-Lisān and Al-Asās.

ومشطت يده، إذا خشنت من عمل.

And his hand became mashṭat, if it became rough from work.

أو مشطت يده، أي دخل فيها شوك ونحوه، كشظية من الجذع، نقله ابن دريد، وهو قول للأصمعي.

Or his hand became mashṭat, meaning thorns and the like entered it, like a splinter from a trunk, narrated by Ibn Duraid, and this is a saying of Al-Aṣma'i.

وفي بعض نسخ المصنف لأبي عبيد: مشظت يده، بالظاء المشالة، قال ابن دريد: وهي لغة أيضا وذكرها الجوهري هناك، كما سيأتي.

And in some copies of the author for Abu Ubaid: his hand became mashẓat, with the emphasized ẓā', Ibn Duraid said: and this is also a language, and Al-Jawhari mentioned it there, as will come later.

ورجل ممشوط: فيه دقة وطول.

And a ممشوط man: he has thinness and length.

وقال الخليل: الممشوط: الطويل الدقيق.

And Al-Khalil said: Al-mamsḥūṭ is the tall and thin one.

ويقال للمتملق: هو دائم المشط، على المثل.

And it is said of the flatterer: he is always combing, as a proverb.

والأميشط كأميلح: ابن الأعرابي جاء ذكره في الشعر، قال ابن الرقاع:

And Al-Amishṭ, like Amayliḥ: Ibn Al-A'rābī, his mention came in poetry, Ibn Al-Raqqā' said:

فظل بصحراء الأميشط بطنه ... خميصا يضاهي ضغن هادية الصهب

So his belly remained in the desert of Al-Amishṭ... hungry, resembling the malice of a camel's hump.

كذا في المعجم.

Thus it is in the dictionary.

ومما يستدرك عليه: لمة مشيط، أي ممشوطة.

And among what is added to it: Lamah mashīṭ, meaning combed.

والمشاطة: الجارية التي تحسن المشاطة، وقد استعمل بعض المحدثين المشاط في شعره فقال:

And Al-Mashāṭah is the young girl who excels at hairdressing, and some modern poets have used Al-mushāṭ in their poetry, saying:

لمياء لم تحتج لمشاط

Laymā' did not need hairdressing.

والمشطة: ضرب من المشط، كالركبة والجلسة، نقله الجوهري.

And Al-mishṭah is a type of comb, like 'rukbah' and 'jalsah', as narrated by Al-Jawhari.

والممشوط: الممشوق.

And Al-mamsḥūṭ is Al-mamshūq.

وبعير أمشط، مثل ممشوط.

And an amshaṭ camel, like mamshūṭ.

والمشط، بالكسر: قرية بالمنوفية.

And Al-mishṭ (with kasra) is a village in Al-Minufiyya.

ومشطا: قرية بالصعيد.

And Mishṭā is a village in Upper Egypt.

والمشاط، ككتان: من يعمل المشط.

And Al-mushāṭ, like 'kattān': one who makes combs.

وابن الأمشاطي: محدث فقيه، وهو الشمس محمد بن أحمد بن حسن ابن إسماعيل العنتابي المصري، أخذ عن الشمس ابن الجزري، وعنه السخاوي.

And Ibn Al-Amshāṭī: a traditionist and jurist, and he is Al-Shams Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Hasan bin Ismail Al-Antabi Al-Masri, who took from Al-Shams Ibn Al-Jazari, and Al-Sakhawi took from him.