عويص

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Arabic

Root
ع و ص (ʕ w ṣ)
1 term

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb عَوِصَ (ʕawiṣa, “to extend”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

عَوِيص • (ʕawīṣ)

  1. Difficult (as a substantive: a difficult thing, difficulty, distress)
    1. Of language: hard to understand, obscure
    2. Of earth: hard
    3. Of sand: hard to traverse
    4. Of land: rugged

References

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع و ص
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَوِيص (ʕawīṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.wiːsˤ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

عويص • (ʕawīṣ) (feminine عويصة (ʕawīṣe))

  1. complex, complicated, obscure
    Synonym: معقد (mʕaʔʔad)
    Antonym: بسيط (basīṭ)

See also

  • صعب (ṣaʕb, “hard, difficult”)
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