washr

sawing

وَشْر

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

و ش ر

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ النَّعِيمَ يَوْمَ الْعَيْلَةِ ، وَالأَمْنَ يَوْمَ الْحَرْبِ ، اللَّهُمَّ عَائِذًا بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنَا ، وَشَرِّ مَا مَنَعْتَ مِنَّا .

Al-Adab al-Mufrad, page 231 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries
  • وَشَرَ Form I He sawed
    , (S, K,) inf. n. وَشْرٌ, (TA,) He sawed a piece of wood with a مِيشَار; a dial. form of أَشَر; (S, K;) i. q. نَشَرَ. (K.) ― -b2- وشَرَتْ, aor. تَشِرُ, (Msb,) inf. n. وَشْرٌ, (S, K,) She (a woman) sharpened (S, Msb, K) her teeth, (S, K,) or her canine teeth, (Msb.) and made them thin [and serrated], (S, Msb, K,) meaning their edges: (TA:) [as also أَشَرَتْ.] See وَاشِرَةٌ.
  • استوشرت Form X She (a woman) asked for her
    She (a woman) asked for her [teeth or] canine teeth to be sharpened and made thin [and serrated]. (Msb.)
  • وُشُرٌ A serration and a sharpness of the extremities
    a dial. form of أُشُرٌ [A serration and a sharpness of the extremities of the teeth]. (Sgh, K.)
  • وَاشِرَةٌ who sharpens and makes thin
    A woman who sharpens and makes thin [and serrated] the [teeth, or] canine teeth. (Msb.) It is said in a trad., لَعَن اللّٰهُ الوَاشِرَةَ وَالمُوتَشِرَة [May God curse her who sharpens and makes thin and serrated the teeth, or the canine teeth, and her who orders one to do this, or who asks for it to be done]. (S, TA.) An old woman does this in order to make herself like the young. (TA.)
  • مُوأَشَّرُ العَضُدَيْنِ Having the fore-shanks formed thin, and serrated
    , applied to the beetle, [meaning, Having the fore-shanks formed thin, and serrated;] as also without ء. (K.)
  • مِيشَار A saw
    , without ء, A saw; a dial. form of مِيأْشَارٌ. (S, * K.)
  • مُوتَشِرَةٌ who orders one to sharpen teeth and to make them thin
    A woman who orders one to sharpen teeth and to make them thin [and serrated]: (L:) or who asks for this to be done; as also ↓ مُسْتَوْشِرَةٌ: (K:) if with ء, it is from أَشْرٌ, not وَشْرٌ; and if without ء, accord. to the regular way it should be مُتَّشِرَةٌ. (K.)
  • مُسْتَوْشرَةٌ Open entry
    : see مُوتَشِرَةٌ.

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