موو

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of a barren, desolate desert or plain, often characterized by a lack of water and inhabitants. It also encompasses a medicinal substance used for various ailments.

Derived headwords

الموماءnoun

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barren desertclassical
A vast, desolate desert or plain that lacks water and any signs of life or inhabitants.

الموماةnoun

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barren desertclassical
A vast, desolate desert or plain that lacks water and any signs of life or inhabitants. It is considered a singular form of 'الموامي'.

المواميnoun

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barren desertsclassical
Plural of 'الموماة', referring to vast, desolate deserts or plains lacking water and inhabitants. They are likened to 'السباسب' (open plains).

موموةother

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original formclassical
The original form of 'الموماة', following the pattern 'فعللة', which is a doubled root where the 'و' was changed to 'ألف' due to its movement and the preceding vowel being open.

الهومةnoun

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barren desertclassical
A name used for all types of vast, desolate deserts or plains, similar in meaning to 'الموماء' and 'الموماة'.

الهوماةnoun

1.
barren desertclassical
A name used for all types of vast, desolate deserts or plains, similar in meaning to 'الموماء' and 'الموماة'.

الموnoun

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medicineboth
A medicinal substance, taken orally or applied topically, used to treat joint pain, liver ailments, difficulty urinating, bladder and uterine pain, colic, and bloating, among other conditions described by physicians.

Parallel reading

الموماء والموماة: الفلاة التي لا ماء بها ولا أنيس

Al-Mawmā' and Al-Mawmāh: the desert which has no water and no inhabitant.

الأولى عن أبي خيرة، واقتصر الجوهري على الثانية

The first is from Abu Khayrah, and Al-Jawhari limited himself to the second.

الموماة واحدة الموامي وهي المغاوز

Al-Mawmāh is the singular of Al-Mawāmī, and it is Al-Maghāwiz (deserts).

الموماة أصلها موموهة، على فعللة، وهو مضاعف قلبت الواو ألفا لتحركها وانفتاح ما قبلها

Al-Mawmāh's origin is Mawmūhah, on the pattern 'fa'lalah', which is a doubled root where the 'waw' was turned into an 'alif' due to its movement and the preceding vowel being open.

يقال: علونا موماة، وأرض موماة

It is said: 'We ascended a Mawmāh, and a Mawmāh land.'

الموامي كالسباسب

Al-Mawāmī are like Al-Sibāsb (open plains).

الموماء والموماة وبعضهم يقول الهومة والهوماة، وهو اسم يقع على جميع الفلوات

Al-Mawmā' and Al-Mawmāh, and some say Al-Hūmah and Al-Hūmāh, and it is a name that applies to all deserts.

يقال الموماة والبو باة بالميم والباء

It is said Al-Mawmāh and Al-Bawbāh with the letter 'meem' and 'baa'.

والمو، بالضم وسكون الواو: اسم دواء

And Al-Maw, with dammah on the 'meem' and sukun on the 'waw': is the name of a medicine.

لوجع المفاصل والكبد شربا وطلاء، ومن عسر البول ومن أوجاع المثانة والرحم، والمغص، والنفخ

For joint pain and liver pain, taken as a drink and as an ointment, and for difficulty urinating, and for pains of the bladder and uterus, colic, and bloating.