عش

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ع ش ش (ʕ-š-š)

Noun[edit]

عُشّ (ʕuššm (plural أَعْشَاش (ʔaʕšāš))

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

Verb[edit]

عَشَّ (ʕašša) I, non-past يَعُشُّ‎ (yaʕuššu)

  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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

عِشْ (ʕiš) (form I)

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