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غصن

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns branches of trees and their extension or breaking off. It also extends metaphorically to hindering or taking something.

Derived headwords

الغُصْنnoun
  1. 1.
    branchboth

    A part that branches off from the trunk or a main limb of a tree, whether thick or thin.

  2. 2.
    twigboth

    A small shoot or branch of a tree or shrub.

غُصْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small branchboth

    A small branch or twig of a tree.

غُصُونnoun
  1. 1.
    branchesboth

    Plural of غُصْن (ghuṣn), referring to branches of a tree.

أَغْصَانnoun
  1. 1.
    branchesboth

    Plural of غُصْن (ghuṣn), referring to branches of a tree.

غَصَنَverb
  1. 1.
    extend toclassical

    To extend or reach out towards something.

  2. 2.
    takeclassical

    To take or seize something.

  3. 3.
    cut offclassical

    To cut off a branch and take it.

  4. 4.
    hinderclassical

    To prevent someone from achieving their need or goal; to turn them away.

يَغْصِنُهُverb
  1. 1.
    hinderclassical

    He hinders him from his need; he turns him away and stops him.

مُغْصُونadjective
  1. 1.
    extendedclassical

    Something that has been extended towards another.

Parallel reading

الغُصْنُ: ما تشعب من ساق الشجر دقاقها وغلاظها
The branch: what branches off from the trunk of the tree, its thin and thick parts.
الشعبة الصغيرة منها غُصْنَة
The small branch of it is a twig.
غَصَنَ الغُصْنُ غَصْنًا: مَدَّهُ إِلَيْهِ
The branch extended it — he extended it towards him.
غَصَنَ الشَّيْءَ: أَخَذَهُ
He took the thing: he seized it.
غَصَنَ الغُصْنَ: قَطَعَهُ وَأَخَذَهُ
He cut the branch: he cut it off and took it.
غَصَنَ فُلَانًا عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ: ثَنَاهُ وَكَفَّهُ
He hindered so-and-so from his need: he turned him back and stopped him.