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)