mundahish

surprised, alarmed

مُنْدَهِش

Word

Adjective · pattern مُنْفَعِل

Root

د ه ش

From the same root

All words from د ه ش →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • دَهِشَ Form I He became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course
    , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. دَهَشٌ; (S, Msb;) and دُهِشَ, (S, A, K,) which is said to be formed by transposition from شُدِهَ, but Az denies this, and says that دُهِشَ is the superior form; (TA;) He became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (S, K:) or he became bereft of his reason or intellect (Msb, K) in consequence of shame, or of fear, (Msb,) or of heedlessness, or diversion by some occupation, or of fear, or grief, or intense grief, (K,) or of fright, and the like: (TA:) and ↓ دهّش, inf. n. تَدْهِيشٌ, signifies the same: (K, TA:) or this last is trans., like ادهش. (TK.) -A2- دَهَشَهُ: see 4.
  • دَهَّشَ Form II Open entry
    see 1: -A2- and 4.
  • ادهشهُ Form IV confounded, or perplexed, him, so that he was unable to see his right course
    He, (God, S, TA, or a man, Msb, K,) or it, (shame, A, TA, and an affair, TA,) confounded, or perplexed, him, so that he was unable to see his right course: (S, K:) or bereft him of his reason or intellect; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ دَهَشَهُ, aor. , inf. n. دَهْشٌ; but some disallow this; (Msb;) and ↓ دهّشهُ. (TK.)
  • دَهِشٌ Confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course
    (A, K) and ↓ مَدْهُوشٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ دَهْشَان [whether with or without tenween is not indicated] (TA) Confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (S, K:) or bereft of his reason or intellect (Msb, K) in consequence of shame, or of fear, (Msb,) or of heedlessness, or diversion by some occupation, or of fear, or grief, or intense grief, (K,) or of fright, and the like. (TA.)
  • أَصَابَتْهُ دَهْشَةٌ A fit of confusion, or perplexity, so that he was unable to see his right course, or a fit of alienation of mind in...
    [A fit of confusion, or perplexity, so that he was unable to see his right course, or a fit of alienation of mind in consequence of shame or fear, &c., befell him]. (A, TA.)
  • دَهْشَان Open entry
    : see دَهِشٌ.
  • مَدْهُوشٌ Open entry
    : see دَهِشٌ.

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