وحش

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Arabic

Root
و ح ش (w ḥ š)
4 terms

Noun

وَحْش (waḥšm (plural وُحُوش (wuḥūš) or وُحْشَان (wuḥšān))

  1. wild animal
  2. monster
  3. beast
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 81:1-14:
      إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ (1) وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنْكَدَرَتْ (2) وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ (3) وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ (4) وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ (5) وَإِذَا ٱلْبِحَارُ سُجِّرَتْ (6) وَإِذَا ٱلنُّفُوسُ زُوِّجَتْ (7) وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ (8) بِأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ قُتِلَتْ (9) وَإِذَا ٱلصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْ (10) وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَاءُ كُشِطَتْ (11) وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ (12) وَإِذَا ٱلْجَنَّةُ أُزْلِفَتْ (13) عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَا أَحْضَرَتْ (14)
      ʔiḏā š-šamsu kuwwirat (1) waʔiḏā n-nujūmu nkadarat (2) waʔiḏā l-jibālu suyyirat (3) waʔiḏā l-ʕišāru ʕuṭṭilat (4) waʔiḏā l-wuḥūšu ḥuširat (5) waʔiḏā l-biḥāru sujjirat (6) waʔiḏā n-nufūsu zuwwijat (7) waʔiḏā l-mawʔūdatu suʔilat (8) biʔayyi ḏanbin qutilat (9) waʔiḏā ṣ-ṣuḥufu nuširat (10) waʔiḏā s-samāʔu kušiṭat (11) waʔiḏā l-jaḥīmu suʕʕirat (12) waʔiḏā l-jannatu ʔuzlifat (13) ʕalimat nafsun mā ʔaḥḍarat (14)
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  4. (hunting) game

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: waħx
  • Hebrew: וואחש

Verb

وَحَشَ (waḥaša) I (non-past يَحِشُ (yaḥišu), verbal noun وَحْش (waḥš))

  1. to throw away (clothes, arms, etc) while fleeing

Conjugation

Verb

وَحُشَ (waḥuša) I (non-past يَوْحُشُ (yawḥušu), verbal noun وَحَاشَة (waḥāša) or وُحُوشَة (wuḥūša))

  1. to abound with wild beasts
  2. to fall into poverty or contempt, grow savage and brute-like, be devastated and unpeopled

Conjugation

Verb

وَحِشَ (waḥiša) I (non-past يَوْحَشُ (yawḥašu), verbal noun وَحْشَة (waḥša))

  1. to feel lonely or miss

Conjugation

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَحِش (waḥiš).

Pronunciation

Adjective

وحش (wiḥš, wiḥiš) (feminine وحشة (wiḥša), masculine plural وحشين (wiḥšīn))

  1. bad

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَحْش (waḥš).

Pronunciation

Noun

وحش (waḥšm (plural وحوش (wuḥūš))

  1. monster

Hijazi Arabic

Root
و ح ش
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic وَحِشَ (waḥiša).

Pronunciation

Verb

وحش (waḥaš) I (non-past يِوْحَش (yiwḥaš))

  1. to miss, to cause longing
    Synonym: اشتاق (aštāg)
    وَحَشْتَنِي من زمان عنك
    waḥaštani, min zāmān ʕannak
    I missed you long time no see
Conjugation
    Conjugation of وحش (waḥaš)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m وحشت (waḥašt) وحشت (waḥašt) وحش (waḥaš) وحشنا (waḥašna) وحشتوا (waḥaštu) وحشوا (waḥašu)
f وحشتي (waḥašti) وحشت (waḥašat)
non-past m أوحش (ʔawḥaš) توحش (tiwḥaš) يوحش (yiwḥaš) نوحش (niwḥaš) توحشوا (tiwḥašu) يوحشوا (yiwḥašu)
f توحشي (tiwḥaši) توحش (tiwḥaš)
imperative m اوحش (awḥaš) اوحشوا (awḥašu)
f اوحشي (awḥaši)

Etymology 2

From Arabic وَحْش (waḥš).

Pronunciation

Noun

وحش (waḥšm (plural وحوش (wuḥūš))

  1. monster, beast

Etymology 3

From Arabic وَحِش (waḥiš).

Pronunciation

Adjective

وحش (wiḥiš) (feminine وِحْشَة (wiḥša), common plural وِحْشِين (wiḥšīn))

  1. bad