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محي

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of erasing, obliterating, or causing something to disappear. It extends to the idea of removing traces or effacing something completely, leaving no sign of its existence.

Derived headwords

مَحَاهُ يَمْحِيهِverb
  1. 1.
    to erase itboth

    To obliterate or remove something completely, causing its traces to vanish.

يَمْحَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to erase it (Tayyi' dialect)classical

    An alternative pronunciation or dialectal variant for erasing, specifically attributed to the Tayyi' tribe.

مَحْيَاnoun
  1. 1.
    erasureclassical

    The act or state of being erased or obliterated.

مُمَحِيadjective
  1. 1.
    erasingclassical

    The active participle, indicating the one who erases or obliterates.

مَمْحُوّadjective
  1. 1.
    erasedboth

    The passive participle, indicating something that has been erased or obliterated.

المُمَحَّىadjective
  1. 1.
    the erasedclassical

    The definite form of the passive participle, referring to something that has been specifically erased or effaced.

كما رأيت الورق المُمَحَّى — As you saw the erased paper

Parallel reading

أذهب أثره
It removed its trace.
صارت الواو ياء لكسرة ما قبلها فأدغمت في الياء التي هي لام الفعل
The 'waw' became a 'ya' due to the kasra before it, and was assimilated into the 'ya' which is the lam al-fi'l.
وأنشد الأصمعي
And Al-Asma'i recited
كما رأيت الورق المُمَحَّى
As you saw the erased paper