موحش

Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ح ش (w-ḥ-š)

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَوْحَشَ (ʔawḥaša).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muː.ħiʃ/

Adjective

مُوحِش • (mūḥiš) (feminine مُوحِشَة (mūḥiša), masculine plural مُوحِشُونَ (mūḥišūna), feminine plural مُوحِشَات (mūḥišāt))

1. dreary; gloomy; desolate

   هَٰذَا الْمَكَانُ مُوحِشٌ وَمُخِيفٌ، مَا ٱسْمُهُ؟

   hāḏā l-makānu mūḥišun wamuḵīfun, mā smuhu?

   This place is gloomy and frightening, what is it called?

Declension

Declension of adjective مُوحِش (mūḥiš)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُوحِش mūḥiš	الْمُوحِش al-mūḥiš	مُوحِشَة mūḥiša	الْمُوحِشَة al-mūḥiša
Nominative	مُوحِشٌ mūḥišun	الْمُوحِشُ al-mūḥišu	مُوحِشَةٌ mūḥišatun	الْمُوحِشَةُ al-mūḥišatu
Accusative	مُوحِشًا mūḥišan	الْمُوحِشَ al-mūḥiša	مُوحِشَةً mūḥišatan	الْمُوحِشَةَ al-mūḥišata
Genitive	مُوحِشٍ mūḥišin	الْمُوحِشِ al-mūḥiši	مُوحِشَةٍ mūḥišatin	الْمُوحِشَةِ al-mūḥišati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُوحِشَيْن mūḥišayn	الْمُوحِشَيْن al-mūḥišayn	مُوحِشَتَيْن mūḥišatayn	الْمُوحِشَتَيْن al-mūḥišatayn
Nominative	مُوحِشَانِ mūḥišāni	الْمُوحِشَانِ al-mūḥišāni	مُوحِشَتَانِ mūḥišatāni	الْمُوحِشَتَانِ al-mūḥišatāni
Accusative	مُوحِشَيْنِ mūḥišayni	الْمُوحِشَيْنِ al-mūḥišayni	مُوحِشَتَيْنِ mūḥišatayni	الْمُوحِشَتَيْنِ al-mūḥišatayni
Genitive	مُوحِشَيْنِ mūḥišayni	الْمُوحِشَيْنِ al-mūḥišayni	مُوحِشَتَيْنِ mūḥišatayni	الْمُوحِشَتَيْنِ al-mūḥišatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُوحِشِين mūḥišīn	الْمُوحِشِين al-mūḥišīn	مُوحِشَات mūḥišāt	الْمُوحِشَات al-mūḥišāt
Nominative	مُوحِشُونَ mūḥišūna	الْمُوحِشُونَ al-mūḥišūna	مُوحِشَاتٌ mūḥišātun	الْمُوحِشَاتُ al-mūḥišātu
Accusative	مُوحِشِينَ mūḥišīna	الْمُوحِشِينَ al-mūḥišīna	مُوحِشَاتٍ mūḥišātin	الْمُوحِشَاتِ al-mūḥišāti
Genitive	مُوحِشِينَ mūḥišīna	الْمُوحِشِينَ al-mūḥišīna	مُوحِشَاتٍ mūḥišātin	الْمُوحِشَاتِ al-mūḥišāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “و ح ش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوحِش (mūḥiš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muː.ˈhiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moː.ɦɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moː.ɦɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [muː.jɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.jíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muː.ɦéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mūhiš
Dari reading?	mūhiš
Iranian reading?	muheš
Tajik reading?	muhiš

Adjective

موحش • (muheš)

1. dreadful