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مشن

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root 'مشن' primarily relates to striking, cutting, and scratching, often with a sharp object like a whip or sword, causing superficial damage. It also extends to concepts of taking or snatching, and in a more figurative sense, to sexual intercourse and expressing displeasure. Some derived terms refer to specific types of dates, places, or animals.

Derived headwords

مَشَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with whipsboth

    To strike someone with whips, similar to the meaning of 'مسن' (with sīn).

  2. 2.
    to scratchboth

    To scratch or graze someone.

  3. 3.
    to have sexual intercourseclassical

    To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

  4. 4.
    to rub hand on rough surfaceclassical

    To rub one's hand on a rough surface.

  5. 5.
    to strike with a swordclassical

    To strike with a sword in a way that peels the skin without drawing blood.

مَشْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a strikeboth

    A strike or blow, often referring to multiple strikes.

  2. 2.
    a scratch or superficial woundboth

    A wound that is wide but not deep, which may or may not draw blood.

مَشَنَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    strikesboth

    Plural of 'مشنة', referring to multiple strikes or blows.

امْتَشَنَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cut offboth

    To cut something off.

  2. 2.
    to snatch awayboth

    To snatch or seize something quickly.

تَمَشَّنَverb
  1. 1.
    to draw a swordclassical

    To draw or unsheathe a sword.

امْتَشَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to milk completelyclassical

    To milk a female camel until all the milk in the udder is extracted.

مَشَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to milk completelyclassical

    To milk a female camel until all the milk in the udder is extracted (with shadda, but corrected to without shadda).

مَشَنَتِ النَّاقَةُverb
  1. 1.
    camel gave milk reluctantlyclassical

    A female camel giving milk reluctantly.

المُوشَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of dateclassical

    A type of date, described as dark and fine-grained, of Persian origin.

مَشَّانnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of dateclassical

    A type of date, similar to 'الموشان'.

  2. 2.
    a place in Basraclassical

    A place in Basra known for its many date palms, which was a grant to Al-Qasim Al-Hariri.

  3. 3.
    a mountain or valleyclassical

    A mountain or valley in the Ajā' region, which can only be ascended by someone stripped bare.

  4. 4.
    a predatory wolfclassical

    A predatory wolf.

  5. 5.
    a shrewish womanclassical

    A shrewish, quarrelsome woman.

امْتَشِنْverb
  1. 1.
    take what you findboth

    Take whatever you can find or obtain from someone.

يَمْتَشِنُverb
  1. 1.
    to obtain fromclassical

    To obtain or gain something from someone.

مَشَنَ الشَّيءَverb
  1. 1.
    to peelboth

    To peel or strip the surface of something.

سَوْطٌ مَاشِنٌadjective
  1. 1.
    skin-scratching whipboth

    A whip that scratches the skin, leaving grooves.

مَشَنَ اللِّيفَverb
  1. 1.
    to process palm fiberclassical

    To process palm fiber by separating and arranging it for weaving or other uses.

تَمَاشَنَ جِلْدَ الظِّرْبَانِverb
  1. 1.
    to exchange foul insultsclassical

    To exchange the most offensive insults, as if fighting over the skin of a skunk.

امْتَشَنَ قَوْسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to draw his bowclassical

    To draw or pull back one's bowstring.

المَشَّانname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper name of a man.

Parallel reading

مشنه مشنات: أي ضربات.
He struck him with 'mashanat': meaning, blows.
مرت بي غرارة فمشنتني، أي سجحتني وخدشتني.
A young camel passed by me and 'mashanat' me, meaning it grazed and scratched me.
وقد مشنها.
And he had sexual intercourse with her.
وامتشنه: اقتطعه؛ واختلسه.
And 'imtashenahu': meaning, he cut it off; and he snatched it.
استله واخترطه.
He drew it and unsheathed it.
امتشل الناقة وامتشنها إذا حلب ما في الضرع كله.
He 'imtashala' the camel and 'imtashanaha' if he milked all that was in the udder.
وأصابته مشنة: وهي الجرح له سعة ولا غور له.
And he was struck by a 'mashnah': which is a wound that has width but no depth.
ومشنت الناقة تمشينا: درت كارهة.
And the camel 'mashanat' reluctantly: meaning, she gave milk unwillingly.
أطيب الرطب المشان.
The best of dates are the 'mushaan'.
بعلة الورشان تأكل الرطب المشان.
The sick one of Al-Warshan eats the 'mushaan' dates.
امتشن منه ما مشن لك: أي خذ ما وجدت.
Take from him what you can 'imtashin' for yourself: meaning, take what you find.
إن فلانا ليمتش من فلان ويمتشن أي يصيب منه.
Indeed, so-and-so obtains from so-and-so and 'yamtashin', meaning he gains from him.
وفي أخاديد السياط المشن أي التي تخد الجلد أي تجعل فيه كالأخاديد.
And in the grooves of the whips are the 'mashin', meaning those that scratch the skin, making grooves in it.
كأن وجهه مشن بقتادة أي خدش بها، وذلك في الكراهة والعبوس والغضب.
As if his face was 'mashun' with a thorny branch, meaning scratched by it, and that is in dislike, frowning, and anger.
مشن الليف تمشينا: أي ميشه ونفشه للتلسين.
He 'mashana' the palm fiber: meaning, he processed and fluffed it for 'talseen'.
تماشنا جلد الظربان: إذا استبا أقبح ما يكون من السباب حتى كأنهما تنازعا جلد الظربان وتجاذباه.
They 'tamashana' the skin of the skunk: meaning, they exchanged the ugliest of insults, as if they were fighting over and pulling the skunk's skin.
امتشن قوسه: انتزعه.
He 'imtashana' his bow: meaning, he drew it.