wishb

crowd, mob, riffraff

وِشْب

Word

Noun · pattern فِعْل

Root

و ش ب

Forms

Plural
أَوْشاب

In the library

ويبذلون ما في أيديهم للأوغاد والأوشاب، فيعصوصب كل لصاحبه، ويتعين الغلب لبعضهم، فيعطف على أكفائه، ليغض من أعنتهم.

The Muqaddimah, page 201 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries
  • وَشْبٌ Fleshy
    [app. meaning Fleshy] is from the expression تَمْرَةٌ وَشْبَةٌ, (in one copy of the K, وَشْبَاءُ, TA,) A date having a thick لِحَآء [i. e. pulp, or flesh]. (K.) Of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.)
  • وِشْبٌ A medley, or mixed multitude
    sing. of أَوْشَابٌ, (K,) which is the same as أَوْبَاشٌ (S, K) and أَشْوَابٌ, (TA,) [but see this last word, in art. شوب,] and signifies, A medley, or mixed multitude; (K;) or sundry, or separate sorts of people; (S;) and young men of the baser sort. (TA.) A term of dispraise only. (Marg. note in a copy of the S.)

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