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وشغ

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of smallness, scarcity, or a meager amount of something. It extends to actions related to giving or administering small quantities, and metaphorically to being tainted or involved in something negative.

Derived headwords

الْوِشْغnoun
  1. 1.
    small amountboth

    Refers to a small, meager quantity of something.

شَيْءٌ وِشْغٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a little thingclassical

    A phrase indicating something is small or insignificant.

الْوُشُوغnoun
  1. 1.
    medicine administered orallyclassical

    Refers to medicine that is given or poured into the mouth.

وَشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to urinateclassical

    To urinate, to pass urine.

أَوْشَغَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to throw itclassical

    To throw something, often referring to urine in this context.

أَوْشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to give a littleclassical

    To give a small amount of something, to administer sparingly.

إِيشَاغnoun
  1. 1.
    making smallclassical

    The act of making something small or meager.

مُوشَغadjective
  1. 1.
    made smallclassical

    Describing something that has been made small or meager.

التَّوْشِيغnoun
  1. 1.
    staining with bloodclassical

    The act of staining a garment with blood, creating streaks or patterns.

تَوَشَّغَ بِالسُّوءverb
  1. 1.
    to be stained with evilclassical

    To become tainted or involved with wrongdoing or evil.

تَوَشَّغَ بِالْكَذِبverb
  1. 1.
    to be stained with liesclassical

    To be tainted or involved with falsehoods.

اسْتَوْشَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to draw water with a weak bucketclassical

    To draw water using a flimsy or weak bucket.

الْوِشِيغnoun
  1. 1.
    small amountclassical

    Refers to a small, meager quantity of something.

الْوُشُوغnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    Refers to a large or abundant quantity of something.

Parallel reading

شيءٌ وشغٌ، أي: قليلٌ وتح.
A small thing, meaning: little and meager.
ما يوجر في الفم من الدواء.
What is poured into the mouth of medicine.
وشغ ببوله، كوعد وشغا: رمى به.
He urinated, and 'washagha' means he threw it.
أوشغ به، مثل: وزغ به.
He threw it, similar to 'wazagha' it.
أوشغت الناقة، وأوزغت، وأزغلت بمعنى واحد.
The she-camel urinated, and 'awzaghat' and 'azghalat' mean the same thing.
وأوشغه مثل: أوجره.
And he gave him a little of it, like 'awjarahu' (he gave him to drink).
أوشغ العطية إذا أوتحها، وقللها.
He gave a small amount of the gift if he gave it sparingly and reduced it.
ليس كإيشاغ القليل الموشغ بمدفق الغرب رحيب المفرغ.
It is not like the making small of the meager, which is abundant in its outflow and spacious in its emptying.
التوشيغ: تلطيخ الثوب بالدم حتى يصير عليه طرائق.
Al-Tawshigh: Staining the garment with blood until streaks form on it.
توشغ فلان بالسوء: إذا تلطخ به.
So-and-so became tainted with evil: if he became stained with it.
إني امرؤ لم أتوشغ بالكذب.
I am a man who has not been stained with lies.
استوشغ فلان: استقى بدلو واهية.
So-and-so drew water with a weak bucket.
الوشيغ، كأمير: الشيء القليل.
Al-Washigh, like Ameer: the small thing.
والوشغ، بالفتح: الكثير من كل شيء.
And Al-Washgh, with fatha: the abundant of everything.