mashy

going, walking

مَشْي

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

م ش ي

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وَاقْصِدْ فِي مَشْيِكَ وَاغْضُضْ مِنْ صَوْتِكَ ۚ إِنَّ أَنْكَرَ الْأَصْوَاتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَمِيرِ

The Qurʾān, page 412 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries
  • مَشَى Form I He walked, went, or went along
    He walked, went, or went along; (MA, KL;) [in its primary sense] He went any pace upon his feet, afoot, or on foot; he footed; whether quickly or slowly: (Mgh, Msb:) he removed from place to place at pleasure: (Er-Rághib:) walked; went along, marched; travelled; trod; paced; stepped. See 5. ― -b2- مَشَى also signifies He went on, or continued, in his course of action, &c. (Mughnee voce أَنْ, in explanation of this verb as used in Kur xxxviii. 5.) ― -b3- [مَشَى (assumed tropical:) It (money) passed; was, or became, current. ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) It (a calumny) was, or became, current. See مِيأْبَرٌ.] ― -b5- مَشَى بَنْطُهُ [His belly became moved, or in motion; it discharged itself.] (S, K, art. طلق; &c.)
  • مَشَّىَ Form II Open entry
    see 4.
  • مَاشَاهُ Form III He walked, or went on foot, with him: he kept pace with him
    He walked, or went on foot, with him: he kept pace with him. See an ex. voce الأَحْصَّانِ.
  • أَمْشَىَ الدَّوَآءُ بَطْنَهُ Form IV The medicine moved, or purged, his bowels; made his belly to discharge itself
    (A, K, art. حدر,) [The medicine moved, or purged, his bowels; made his belly to discharge itself:] and البَطْنَ ↓ مَشَّى. (TA, art. طوس, &c.)
  • تَمَشَّى Form V he walked with slow steps
    i. q. مَشَى: (TA:) [or, properly, and accord. to general usage, he walked with slow steps: so I have rendered it voce دَلَفَ, &c.:] he walked heavily, with an effort. (TK voce تَزَحَّفَ.) [One says in the present day, خَرَجْتُ أَتَمَشَى I went forth taking a walk; and تَمَشَّى He walked; walked about.] ― -b2- [Hence the saying,] تَمَشَّتْ فِيهِ حُمَيَّا الكَأْسِ [The intoxicating influence of the cup of wine pervaded him, or] crept in him. (TA.) See also تَفَشَّى.
  • تَمَاشَوْا Form VI They walked, or went on foot, one towards, or to, another
    They walked, or went on foot, one towards, or to, another. (TA.)
  • اِسْتَمْشَى بِالدَّوَآءِ Form X He used the medicine as a laxative or purgative
    [He used the medicine as a laxative or purgative. (IbrD.)] (Az in L, art. عقر.) ― -b2- اِسْتَمْشَى بِهِ, referring to a plant, (K in art. صع,) He drank its water (i. e. infusion or the like) for moving the bowels. (TA ibid.)
  • مَشَّآءٌ That goes with energy; a good or strong goer
    [That goes with energy; a good or strong goer;] strong to walk, or go, or go on foot. (TA voce رِجِيلٌ.)
  • دَوَآءُ المَشِىِّ Medicine that moves, or purges, the bowels
    Medicine that moves, or purges, the bowels. (TA in art. طوس.)
  • مَاشِيَةٌ having numerous offspring
    A she-camel having numerous offspring. (S, Mgh.) ― -b2- Hence, and مَوَاشٍ, as ominous of good, Camels, and cows, and sheep or goats that are for breeding and gain. (Mgh.)
  • مَمْشَى A passage, or way, by a place
    A passage, or way, by a place; (TA;) [a walking-place: the gangway of a ship?]

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