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هصو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of aging, becoming old, and strength, particularly in the context of individuals and their physical attributes. It also touches upon the idea of breaking someone's back or spine.

Derived headwords

هَصَاverb
  1. 1.
    to age, grow oldclassical

    To become advanced in age and old.

هَصَواverb
  1. 1.
    to age, grow oldclassical

    To become advanced in age and old.

أَهْصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    strong, robustclassical

    Describing individuals who are strong and robust, particularly in their old age.

هاصاهverb
  1. 1.
    to break one's backclassical

    To break the spine or the strongest part of someone's back.

صَاهاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to ride its saddleclassical

    To ride something, specifically referring to mounting its saddle.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Jawhari ignored it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: أي (أسن وكبر).
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: meaning (to age and grow old).
والأهصاء الأشداء
And the strong ones are the robust.
وهاصاه إذا كسر صلبه
And 'haasahu' means if you break his spine.
وصاهاه ركب صهوته
And 'wasahaahu' means he rode its saddle.
كذا في التكملة واللسان.
This is according to Al-Takmilah and Al-Lisan.