عويص

Arabic

Root
ع و ص (ʕ-w-ṣ)

Etymology

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

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

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عويص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع و ص
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic عَوِيص (ʕawīṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.wiːsˤ/, [ʕaˈwiːsˤ]

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Adjective

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

1. complex, complicated, obscure

   Synonym: معقد (mʕaʔʔad)

   Antonym: بسيط (basīṭ)

See also

• صعب (ṣaʕb, “hard, difficult”)