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مهع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of facial color changes, possibly due to strong emotion or a significant event. It is also discussed in relation to the etymology of words for wide roads, though this connection is debated.

Derived headwords

المَهْعnoun
  1. 1.
    facial discolorationclassical

    A change in the color of the face, often due to a significant or overwhelming event.

المَهْيَعnoun
  1. 1.
    wide roadclassical

    A broad and clear path or road.

هَيَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be wideclassical

    To be wide and clear, used in reference to a road.

ضُهَيْدother
  1. 1.
    fabricated wordclassical

    A word considered to be fabricated or not of genuine Arabic origin.

مَرْيَمname
  1. 1.
    Maryboth

    The name Mary, discussed in the context of its etymological derivation.

ضَهِيَأother
  1. 1.
    fabricated wordclassical

    A word considered to be fabricated or not of genuine Arabic origin.

Parallel reading

هو تلون الوجه من عارض فادح
It is the discoloration of the face from an overwhelming event.
المهع الميم قبل الهاء
Al-Mah' - the Meem before the Haa.
وقد أهمله ابن سيده
And Ibn Sidah neglected it.
قيل: ومنه اشتقاق المهيع للطريق الواسع الواضح
It is said: And from it is the derivation of Al-Mahya' for the wide, clear road.
زعموا هكذا
They claimed so.
وهو خطأ عند أهل اللغة
And it is an error according to the linguists.
والصواب أنه من هيع
And the correct [derivation] is that it is from Haya'.
لأنه ليس في الكلام أي في كلام العرب فعيل بفتح الفاء وسكون العين
Because there is not in the language, meaning in the speech of the Arabs, a Fa'eel with a fathah on the Faa and a sukoon on the 'Ain.
وأما ضهيد فمصنوع
As for Dhuhayd, it is fabricated.
وكل ما جاء على هذا الوزن فهو بكسر الفاء
And everything that comes on this pattern is with a kasrah on the Faa.
هذا نص الجمهرة
This is the text of Al-Jamharah.
ولذا قالوا: إن مريم مفعل لا فعيل على القول بأنه عربي
And for this reason they said: Maryam is Maf'al, not Fa'eel, according to the opinion that it is Arabic.
وإذا كان غير عربي فلا إشكال
And if it is non-Arabic, then there is no problem.
وأما امرأة ضهيأ فمر الكلام عليه في الهمزة
And as for the woman Dhuhaya', the discussion has passed concerning it in the section on Hamzah.
هو الذي جزم به ابن جني فيه وفي عثير وصهيد
It is what Ibn Jinni asserted regarding it, and regarding 'Athir and Suhayd.