Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
و ح ش (w-ḥ-š)

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مُوحِش (mūḥiš).

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Adjective edit

موحش (muheš)

  1. dreadful