عش

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ش ش (ʕ š š)
3 terms

Noun

عُشّ (ʕuššm (plural أَعْشَاش (ʔaʕšāš))

  1. nest
    Synonym: وُكْنَة (wukna)
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: عش (ʕiš)

Verb

عَشَّ (ʕašša) I (non-past يَعُشُّ (yaʕuššu), verbal noun عَشّ (ʕašš))

  1. to stay or keep to one's nest, lair, or home
  2. to seek, to look for; to acquire, to collect, to gather
  3. to dislodge, to expel, to take up residence in another's home or territory
  4. to repair especially of clothes, to keep them in a usable state, to maintain a nest especially said of a bird
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

عِشْ (ʕiš) (form I) /ʕiʃ/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of عَاشَ (ʕāša)