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Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of marking or tattooing the skin, often with a blue or green color, by inserting a needle. It extends metaphorically to various forms of marking, appearance, and even negative connotations like slander or enmity.

Derived headwords

الْوَشْمnoun

1.
tattooingboth
The practice of inserting a needle into the body, often the skin or lips, to create a colored mark, traditionally blue or green.
2.
markboth
A visible sign or trace, especially on the skin.
3.
plant sproutclassical
The initial growth of a plant when it first emerges from the ground.
4.
place nameclassical
A location near Al-Yamamah, known for its date palms and inhabited by tribes of Rabi'ah and Mudar.

الوشم في اليد — Tattooing on the hand

الوشم: شيء تراه من النبات، أول ما ينبت — Tattooing: something you see of a plant, when it first grows

وَشَمَverb

1.
to tattooboth
To mark the skin by inserting a needle, often with a coloring agent.

وقد وشمته وشما ووشمته توشيما — And he tattooed her with tattooing, and he tattooed her with a thorough tattooing

وَشَّمَverb

1.
to tattoo thoroughlyboth
To perform the act of tattooing in a thorough or complete manner.

وقد وشمته وشما ووشمته توشيما — And he tattooed her with tattooing, and he tattooed her with a thorough tattooing

تَوْشِيمnoun

1.
thorough tattooingboth
The act of tattooing done in a complete or thorough manner.

وقد وشمته وشما ووشمته توشيما — And he tattooed her with tattooing, and he tattooed her with a thorough tattooing

وَشَّامnoun

1.
tattooerboth
A person who practices tattooing.
2.
tattoo marksboth
The marks or patterns created by tattooing.

كفف تعرض فوقهن وشامها — Hands displayed above them, their tattoos

وَشُومnoun

1.
tattoo marksboth
The marks or patterns created by tattooing.
2.
plant sproutsclassical
The initial growth of plants.
3.
place nameclassical
A location near Al-Yamamah, described as five villages.
4.
markings on gazelleboth
Lines or marks on the forelegs of a gazelle.

والوشوم، بالضم: ع باليمامة أيضا — And Al-Wushum, with damma: a place in Al-Yamamah as well

الوشوم: العلامات — Al-Wushum: marks

وَاشِمَةnoun

1.
tattooing womanboth
A woman who practices tattooing.

لعن الله الواشمة — May Allah curse the tattooing woman

اسْتَوْشَمَverb

1.
to seek tattooingboth
To request or seek the act of tattooing for oneself.

واستوشم: طلبه أن يشمه — And istashama: to seek that she tattoo him

مُسْتَوْشِمَةnoun

1.
woman seeking tattooboth
A woman who seeks to be tattooed.

لعن الله الواشمة، والمستوشمة — May Allah curse the tattooing woman, and the woman who seeks tattooing

مُوتَشِمَةnoun

1.
woman seeking tattooclassical
A woman who seeks to be tattooed (variant of مستوشمة).

وبعضهم يرويه: الموتشمة — And some of them narrate it: Al-Mootashimah

مُوَشَّمadjective

1.
tattooedboth
Marked with tattoos.
2.
coloredboth
Having begun to show color, like ripening fruit or emerging leaves.

ذكرت من فاطمة التبسما غداة تجلو واضحا موشما — I remembered Fatima's smile one morning as she revealed a clear, tattooed (tooth/gum)

أَوْشَمَverb

1.
to begin to colorboth
Used for grapevines when they begin to change color or ripen.
2.
to ripenboth
Used for grapes when they have fully ripened.
3.
to become soft and pleasantboth
Used for grapes when they become soft and delicious.
4.
to begin to showboth
Used for a woman's breasts when they begin to protrude.
5.
to become widespreadboth
Used for gray hair when it becomes abundant and spreads.
6.
to slander or criticizeboth
To find fault with someone or speak ill of them.
7.
to find pastureboth
Used for camels when they find a pasture with visible signs of growth.
8.
to flash lightlyboth
Used for lightning when it flashes faintly.
9.
to beginboth
To start or commence an action.
10.
to lookclassical
To cast a glance or look at something.

أوشم الكرم إذا بدا يلون — The grapevine began to color when it started to show color

أوشم البرق: إذا لمع لمعا خفيفا — The lightning flashed lightly when it flashed faintly

أوشم يفعل كذا — He began to do such-and-such

وَشْمَةnoun

1.
drop of rainboth
A small amount or drop of rain.
2.
a little bitboth
A very small amount, even a single word or a moment.

ما أصابتنا العام وشمة — We did not get a drop of rain this year

وما عصيته وشمة — And I did not disobey him even a little bit

وَشِيمَةnoun

1.
evil and enmityboth
Malice, hostility, or ill will between people.

والوشيمة: الشر والعداوة — And Al-Weshimah: evil and enmity

بينهما وشيمة: أي كلام شر أو عداوة — Between them is enmity: meaning evil words or hostility

مُتَشِّمَةnoun

1.
woman seeking tattooclassical
A woman who seeks to be tattooed (variant of الموتشمة).

هو أعظم في نفسه من المتشمة — He is greater in his own estimation than the woman seeking tattooing

الْوَشْمname

1.
place nameclassical
A location near Al-Yamamah, known for its date palms and inhabited by tribes of Rabi'ah and Mudar.

والوشم قد خرجت منه وقابلها من الثنايا التي لم أقلها ثرم — And Al-Wushm, from which I departed, and facing it were the passes I did not mention, Tharm

الْوُشُومname

1.
place nameclassical
A location near Al-Yamamah, described as five villages.

والوشوم، بالضم: ع باليمامة أيضا — And Al-Wushum, with damma: a place in Al-Yamamah as well

ذُو الْوُشُومname

1.
horse nameclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Abdullah bin Adi Al-Burjami.

وأعلو ذا الوشوم وأركب — And I ascend Dhu Al-Wushum and ride

وَشَّمَverb

1.
to appearclassical
Used for the white part of a noble person's face when it appears, like the leaves of the Arak tree.

كغصن الأراك وجهه حين وشما — Like the branch of the Arak tree, his face when it appeared

وَشْمَةnoun

1.
a wordclassical
A single word or utterance.

وما كتم وشمة — And he did not conceal a word

Parallel reading

غرز الإبرة في البدن

inserting a needle into the body

النيلج، وهو النؤور، وهو: دخان الشحم

Al-Nilaj, which is Al-Na'oor, which is: the smoke of fat

ثم تحشوه بالكحل، أو النيل، أو النؤور، ويزرق أثره، أو يخضر

Then you stuff it with kohl, or indigo, or al-na'oor, and its mark becomes blue, or green

كفف تعرض فوقهن وشامها

Hands displayed above them, their tattoos

الوشم في اللثة، وهي: مغارز الأسنان

Tattooing in the gums, which are: the roots of the teeth

لعن الله الواشمة

May Allah curse the tattooing woman

ذكرت من فاطمة التبسما غداة تجلو واضحا موشما

I remembered Fatima's smile one morning as she revealed a clear, tattooed (tooth/gum)

والوشم: شيء تراه من النبات، أول ما ينبت

And Al-Wushm: something you see of a plant, when it first grows

والوشم: (د، قرب اليمامة) ذو نخل، به قبائل من ربيعة ومضر

And Al-Wushm: (a place, near Al-Yamamah) with date palms, inhabited by tribes of Rabi'ah and Mudar

عفت قرقرى والوشم حتى تنكرت ... أواريها والخيل ميل الدعائم

Qarqara and Al-Wushm became desolate until their shelters were unrecognizable and the horses leaned like pillars

والوشوم (من المهاة: خطوط في ذراعيها)

And Al-Wushum (from gazelles: lines on their forelegs)

أو ذو وشوم بحوضى

Or Dhu Al-Wushum at my watering place

أعارضه في الحزن عدوا برأسه ... وفي السهل أعلو ذا الوشوم وأركب

I confront him in the difficult terrain, pursuing him by his head... And in the plain, I ascend Dhu Al-Wushum and ride

أوشم الكرم إذا بدا يلون

The grapevine began to color when it started to show color

أوشمت المرأة: إذا بدا ثديها ينتأ، كما يوشم البرق

The woman's breasts began to show when they protruded, like lightning flashes

أوشم الشيب فيه: إذا كثر

Gray hair appeared in it: when it became abundant

أوشم في عرضه: إذا عابه وسبه

He criticized his honor: when he found fault with him and slandered him

أوشمت الإبل: إذا صادفت مرعى موشما

The camels found pasture: when they encountered a marked pasture

أوشم البرق: إذا لمع لمعا خفيفا

The lightning flashed lightly when it flashed faintly

أوشم يفعل كذا

He began to do such-and-such

إن لها ريا إذا ما أوشما

Indeed, she has a radiance when one looks

ما أصابتنا العام وشمة

We did not get a drop of rain this year

وما عصيته وشمة

And I did not disobey him even a little bit

بينهما وشيمة: أي كلام شر أو عداوة

Between them is enmity: meaning evil words or hostility

هو أعظم في نفسه من المتشمة

He is greater in his own estimation than the woman seeking tattooing

لهو أخيل في نفسه من الواشمة

He is more boastful in his own estimation than the tattooing woman

الوشوم: العلامات

Al-Wushum: marks

وأوشمت الأرض: ظهر نباتها

And the earth sprouted: its plants appeared

وأوشمت السماء: بدا منها برق

And the sky showed lightning: lightning appeared from it

كغصن الأراك وجهه حين وشما

Like the branch of the Arak tree, his face when it appeared

وما كتم وشمة

And he did not conceal a word