وحش

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Form 1وَحُشَ2 senses

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُيَحِشُmaṣdarوَحْشٌ

Core sense — it (a place) abounded with wild animals; he threw it awaygenerated

1.1it (a place) abounded with wild animals—وَحُشَ

Maṣdar probably وُحُوشَةٌ or وَحَاشَةٌ, or both.

The meaning given to this verb in Freytag's Lexicon does not belong to it, but to وَخُشَ.

1.2he threw it, or them, away, or to a distance—وَحَشَ بِهِ

Also بِهَا; maṣdar وَحْشٌ and وحّش بِهِ, or بِهَا, which latter form of the verb IAar disapproves, though both are correct.

Also توحّش, apparently used alone, the object being understood.

Said of his garment or garments, his sword, his spear, his weapon or weapons, or anything, thrown away to lighten himself or his beast of carriage for fear of being overtaken; or in any case, as in a tradition of El-Ows and El-Khazraj, فَوَحَشُوا بِأَسْلِحَتِهِمْ وٱعْتَنَقَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا [Then they threw away their weapons, and embraced one another].

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, aor. وَحُشَ , [inf. n., probably, وُحُوشَةٌ or وَحَاشَةٌ or both,] It (a place) abounded with wild animals. (IKtt.) [The meaning assigned to this verb in Freytag's Lex. belongs not to it, but to وَخُشَ .] وَحَشَ بِهِ , or بِهَا ,] aor. يَحِشُ , (IAar, K,) inf. n. وَحْشٌ ; (TK;) and وحّش بِهِ , (S, K,) or بِهَا , (S, A,) which latter form of the verb is disapproved by IAar, but both are correct; (TA;) and توحّش [app. used alone, the objective complement being understood]; (TA;) He threw it, or them, away, (S, K,) or to a distance, (A,) namely, his garment, (S, K,) or his garments, (A,) and his sword, (TA,) and his spear, (S, TA,) and his weapon, or weapons, (S, A,) or anything, (TA,) to lighten himself, (A,) or his beast of carriage, (TA,) in fear of his being overtaken: (S, K:) [or in any case; for] it is said in a trad. of El-Ows and ElKhazraj, فَوَحَشُوا بِأَسْلِحَتِهِمْ وٱعْتَنَقَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا [Then they threw away their weapons, and embraced one another]. (TA.)

Form 2وَحَّشَ1 sense

Core sense — he threw it, or them, away, or to a distancegenerated

2.1

See form 1.

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see 1.

Form 4اوحش4 senses · 2 main

maṣdarإِينَاسٌ

Core sense — it became desolate and deserted; he became hungry; he made him lonelygenerated

4.1the land was, or became, desolate, deserted, or destitute of human beings—توحّشت الأَرْضُ

Said of a place, or of a place of alighting or abode: it was, or became, desolate, deserted, or destitute of human beings, the people having gone from it; as also توحّش.

Also استوحشت: the land was, or became, وَحْشَة, i.e. desolate, deserted, and the like.

4.1.1our provisions have been spent for two nights—قَدْ أَوْحَشْنَا مُنْذُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ

Said of a man: he became hungry, not having eaten anything, so that his inside was empty; as also توحّش, or that verb means his belly became empty from hunger.

he made himself hungry; he emptied his inside of food and drink—توحّش لِلدَّوَآءِ

For the purpose of drinking medicine.

on this sense Of the former verb also: his provisions became spent, or exhausted.

4.2he found the land to be وَحْشَة, i.e. desolate, deserted, or destitute of human beings—اوحش الأَرْضَ

4.2.1he made the man lonely, or solitary, and sad or troubled in mind—اوحش الرَّجُلَ

By his absence, or by withdrawing himself; and afraid; or he made him feel وَحْشَة, i.e. loneliness or solitude. The opposite of آنَسَهُ, as stated in the article أنس..

you have made us lonely by your absence—أَوْحَشْتَنَا

A saying of the people of Mekkeh, and of Egypt.

See also an example from a poet under أُنْسٌ. And see its quasi-passive, form 10.

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It (a place, A, Msb, or a place of alighting or abode, S, K) was, or became, desolate, deserted, or destitute of human beings; (S, A, Msb, K,) the people having gone from it; (S, K;) as also توحّش . (A, Msb, K.) And [in like manner you say of a land,] توحّشت الأَرْضُ , [and استوحشت , (see أَرْضٌ وَحْشَةٌ , voce وَحْشٌ ,)] The land was, or became وَحْشَة (S, TA) [i. e. desolate, deserted, &c.] He (a man) was, or became, hungry; (S, A, K, TA;) not having eaten anything, so that his inside was empty; (TA;) as also توحّش : (A:) or the latter signifies his belly became empty by reason of hunger. (S, K.) Also the former, His provisions became spent, or exhausted. (S, K.) You say, قَدْ أَوْحَشْنَا مُنْذُ لَيْلَتَيْنِ Our provisions have been spent for two nights. (S.) You say also, توحّش لِلدَّوَآءِ (S, A, K *) He made himself hungry; (A;) or made his inside, (S,) or his stomach, (K,) empty of food (S, K) and beverage; (K;) for the purpose of drinking medicine. (S, * A, * K.) اوحش الأَرْضَ He found the land to be وَحْشَة (As, S, K) [i. e. desolate, deserted, or destitute of human beings اوحش الرَّجُلَ (S, A) He made the man lonely, or solitary; and sad, sorrowful, or disquieted or troubled in mind; [by his absence, or withdrawal of himself; and afraid;] or he made him to feel, or experience, وَحْشَة [i. e. loneliness, or solitude, &c.]; (S;) contr. of آنَسَهُ , (S, K, in art. أنس ,) inf. n. إِينَاسٌ . (S, in that art.) Hence the saying of the people of Mekkeh, [and of Egypt,] أَوْحَشْتَنَا [Thou hast made us lonely, &c., by thine absence]. (TA.) [See also an ex. from a poet, voce أُنْسٌ : And see its quasi-pass., 10.]

Form 5توحّش3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it (a beast) became wild, or shy; he became unsociablegenerated

5.1

Said of a beast: it became wild, or shy; the same as أَبَدَ and تَأَبَّدَ.

Said of a man: he became unsocial, unsociable, unfamiliar, or shy, like a wild animal; the same as أَبِدَ and تَأَبَّدَ. استوحش means the same (see that verb below). Or he became, or made himself, as though on a par with the wild animals, explained by لَحِقَ بَالْوَحْشِ.

See examples of both under أَنِسَ.

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Derived nouns 11

Nounحِشَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — loneliness, solitudegenerated

Plural حِشُونَ. See وَحْشٌ.

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: pl. حِشُونَ : see وَحْشٌ .

Nounوَحْشٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — desolate, deserted; wild animals of the desert; lonely; hungrygenerated

1desolate, deserted, or destitute of human beings—داَرٌ

desolate, deserted, or destitute of inhabitants—وَحْشَةٌ

Applied to a country or region, to a place, and to a house.

The feminine, applied to a land أَرْضٌ, and to a house دار.

Also مُوحِشٌ, مُتَوَحِّشٌ, أَرْضٌ وَحْشَةٌ, and مُسْتَوْحِشَةٌ, in the same sense.

desolate, deserted countries, or regions—بِلَادٌ حِشُونَ

Formed after the manner of سِنُونَ; in the accusative and genitive, حِشِينَ. Az says it is the plural of حِشَةٌ, originally وَحْشٌ [So I read instead of وَحْشَة, which is evidently a mistranscription], the و being wanting, as it is in زِنَةٌ, صِلَةٌ, and عِدَةٌ.

I found him, or met him, in a desolate, or deserted, country or region—لَقِيتُهُ بِوَحْشِ إِصْمِتَ

Also إِصْمِتَةَ. [See remarks on the last word in the former phrase in the article صمت.]

I left him in the desert part of the elevated plain, where one could not reach him—تَرَكْتُهُ بِوَحْشِ المَتْنِ

an ass of the desert; a wild ass—حِمَارُ وَحْشٍ

Also حِمَارٌ وَحْشِىٌّ, in the same sense.

the bull and cow, or bulls and cows, of the desert; the wild bull and cow—بَقَرُ الوَحْشِ

1.1animals of the desert, such as are not tame; wild animals—حَيَوَان

This word is used as a singular and as a plural, but is here meant collectively; of the feminine gender. Also وُحُوشٌ and وَحِيشٌ, these three words being all used in a collective sense.

a single one of such animals—وَحْشِىٌّ

Like زَنْجِىٌّ in relation to زَنْجٌ, and رُومِىٌّ to رُومٌ.

such as is not tame, of the beasts of the desert; everything that is afraid of human beings—وَحْشٌ

That is, كُلُّ شَىْءٍ يَسْتَوْحِشُ عَنِ النَّاسِ; also وَحْشِىٌّ, as though the ى were a corroborative, as in دوَّارِىٌّ.

Or, according to El-Fárábee, وَحْشٌ is the plural of وَحْشِىٌّ — lexicologically, but not in the language of the grammarians — as رُومٌ is of رُومِىٌّ.

this is a bulky wild animal—هٰذَا وَحْشٌ ضَخْمٌ

this is a wild sheep or goat, or the like—هٰذِهِ شَاةٌ وَحْشٌ

Or it is used as a singular as well as collectively.

وُحُوشٌ is a plural of وَحْشٌ, and so is وُحْشَانٌ, and so is وَحِيشٌ — lexicologically, though grammarians call it an ism jamʿ — as ضَئِينٌ is of ضَأْنٌ. Or وُحُوشٌ is its only broken plural.

1.2

[Also wild, or shy, applied to girls or women: see an example of the word in this sense under تَوٌّ, where it has a redundant ن affixed to it.]

1.3he walked, or went, in the land alone, having no other with him—مَشَى فِى الأَرْضِ وَحْشًا

Lone; solitary; without company.

1.4such a one passed the night hungry—بَاتَ فُلَانٌ وَحْشًا

Hungry; also مُوحِشٌ, مُتَوَحِّشٌ, and وَحِشٌ; plural of the first, أَوْحَاشٌ [and وَحْشُونَ].

Also مُوحِشًا and مُتَوَحِّشًا: he had eaten nothing, so that his inside was empty.

we passed the night without food—بِتْنَا وَحْشِينَ

[In another place in the TA we find لَقَدْ بِتْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا هٰذِهِ وَحْشِى, and so in the L; the last word being evidently a mistranscription, for وَحْشِينَ. It is added, as though the speaker meant جَمَاعَةَ وَحْشَى — doubtless a mistake for جَمَاعَةَ وَحْشٍ — so that the saying seems to mean: We have passed this our night like a company of wild animals.]

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, applied to a country, or region, (S, K,) and a place, (TA,) and a house ( داَرٌ ), (A,) and [its fem.] وَحْشَةٌ , applied to a land ( أَرْضٌ ), (S, TA,) to a house ( دار ); (A;) Desolate, deserted, or destitute of human beings or inhabitants; (S, K, TA;) as also مُوحِشٌ and مُتَوَحِّشٌ : (A:) and أَرْضٌ وَحْشَةٌ and مُسْتَوْحِشَةٌ signify the same. (K, TA.) You say also, بِلَادٌ حِشُونَ Countries, or regions, desolate, deserted, &c.; after the manner of سِنُونَ ; and in the accus. and gen., حِشِينَ : pl., as Az says, of حِشَةٌ , originally وَحْشٌ , [So I read instead of وَحْشَة , which is evidently a mistranscription,] the و being wanting, as it is in زِنَةٌ and صِلَةٌ and عِدَةٌ . (TA.) You also say, لَقِيتُهُ بِوَحْشِ إِصْمِتَ , (S, K,) and إِصْمِتَةَ , (TA,) i. e., I found him, or met him, in a desolate, or deserted, country, or region. (S, K.) [See remarks on the last word in the former phrase in art. صمت .] And in like manner, تَرَكْتُهُ بِوَحْشِ المَتْنِ I left him in the desert part of the elevated plain, where one could not reach him. (L, TA. *) And [hence] حِمَارُ وَحْشٍ An ass of a desert; [i. e. a wild ass;] as also حِمَارٌ وَحْشِىٌّ . (S, K.) [And بَقَرُ الوَحْشِ The bull and cow, or bulls and cows, collectively, of the desert; i. e., the wild bull and cow, or bulls and cows.] [Hence also] Animals ( حَيَوَان [which is used as a sing. and a pl., but is here meant to be understood collectively, as appears from what follows,]) of the desert, (S, A, K, TA,) such as are not tame; (TA;) [i. e. wild animals;] of the fem. gender; (TA;) as also وُحُوشٌ (S) and وَحِيشٌ : (K:) these three words are all used in a collective sense: (ISh:) and وَحْشِىٌّ signifies a single one of such animals; (S, K;) like زَنْجِىٌّ in relation to زَنْجٌ , and رُومِىٌّ to رُومٌ : (TA:) or وَحْشٌ signifies such as is not tame, of beasts of the desert; and everything that is afraid of human beings ( كُلُّ شَىْءٍ يَسْتَوْحِشُ عَنِ النَّاسِ ); as also وَحْشِىٌّ , as though the ى were a corroborative, as in دوَّارِىٌّ : or, accord. to El-Fárábee, وَحْشٌ in the pl. [lexicologically, but not in the language of the grammarians] of وَحْشِىٌّ , like as رُومٌ is of رُومِىٌّ : (Msb:) or it is used as a sing., as well as collectively; for you say, هٰذَا وَحْشٌ ضَخْمٌ [this is a bulky wild animal], and هٰذِهِ شَاةٌ وَحْشٌ [this is a wild sheep or goat, &c.]: (ISh:) وُحُوشٌ is a pl. of وَحْشٌ , (Msb, K,) and so is وُحْشَانٌ , (Sgh, K,) and so is وَحِيشٌ , [lexicologically, but grammarians term it a quasi-pl. n.,] like as ضَئِينٌ is of ضَأْنٌ : (Sgh, TA:) or وُحُوشٌ is its only broken pl. (TA.) [Hence also, Wild, or shy; applied to girls or women: see an ex. of the word in this sense voce تَوٌّ , where it has a redundant ن affixed to it.] [Hence also] Lone; solitary; without company. You say. مَشَى فِى الأَرْضِ وَحْشًا He walked, or went, in the land alone, having no other with him. (TA.) [Hence also] Hungry; (S, A, K;) as also مُوحِشٌ , (AZ, A,) and مُتَوَحِّشٌ , (A,) and وَحِشٌ : (TA:) pl. of the first, أَوْحَاشٌ (S, A, K) [and وَحْشُونَ ]. You say, بَاتَ فُلَانٌ وَحْشًا , (S, A, * K, *) and مُوحِشًا , and مُتَوَحِّشًا , (A,) Such a one passed the night hungry, (S, A, K,) not having eaten anything, so that his inside was empty. (TA.) And بِتْنَا وَحْشِينَ We passed the night without food. (TA.) [In another place in the TA, we find لَقَدْ بِتْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا هٰذِهِ وَحْشِى , and so in the L; the last word being evidently a mistranscription, for وَحْشِينَ : and it is added, as though the speaker meant, جَمَاعَةَ وَحْشَى ; doubtless a mistake for جَمَاعَةَ وَحْشٍ so that the saying seems to mean, We have passed this our night like a company of wild animals.]

Nounوَحِشٌ1 sense

Core sense — hungrygenerated

See وَحْشٌ, last meaning.

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: see وَحْشٌ , last signification.

Nounوَحْشَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — loneliness, solitude; sadness of mind; fear; unsociablenessgenerated

1the night of loneliness; the first night after burial—لَيْلَةُ الوَحْشَةِ

Loneliness; solitude; solitariness; desolateness; the same as خَلْوَةٌ. Sadness; grief; sorrow; trouble of mind; or sadness arising from loneliness or solitude. Fear; or fear or fright arising from loneliness or solitude. A state of disunion between men, and remoteness of hearts from feelings of love or affection, from وَحْشٌ, meaning a wild beast, or wild beasts, of the desert. Unsociableness; unfriendliness; unfamiliarity; shyness; wildness. In all these senses the opposite of أُنْسٌ, as stated in the article أنس.

Also called لَيْلَةُ الوَحْدَةِ.

I left him in loneliness, or solitude—تَرَكْتُهُ فِى وَحْشَةٍ

sadness, or trouble of mind, laid hold upon him—أَخَذَتْهُ الوَحْشَةُ

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Loneliness; solitude; lonesomeness; solitariness; desolateness; syn. خَلْوَةٌ : (S, K:) sadness; grief; sorrow; disquietude, or trouble, of mind: (S, K, TA:) or sadness, &c., arising from loneliness or solitude: (TA:) fear: (K, TA:) or fear, or fright, arising from loneliness or solitude: (TA:) a state of disunion between men, and remoteness of hearts from feelings of love or affection; from وَحْشٌ signifying “ a wild beast, ” or “ wild beasts, of the desert: ” (Msb:) unsociableness; unfriendliness; unsocialness; unfamiliarity; shyness; wildness: [in all the above senses] contr. of أُنْسٌ . (T, S, A, K, in art. أنس .) [Hence, لَيْلَةُ الوَحْشَةِ The night of loneliness, &c.; the first night after burial: also called لَيْلَةُ الوَحْدَةِ , q. v.] You say, تَرَكْتُهُ فِى وَحْشَةٍ I left him in loneliness, or solitude. (TK.) And أَخَذَتْهُ الوَحْشَةُ Sadness, grief, sorrow, or disquietude or trouble of mind, or sadness, &c., arising from loneliness or solitude, laid hold upon him. (TA.)

Nounوَحْشِىٌّ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — of the desert, wild, untamed; the outer side of a thing; a mountain figgenerated

[Of, or belonging to, or relating to, the desert; and hence wild; untamed; undomesticated; uncivilized; unfamiliar. It is often used as an adjective in which the quality of a substantive is predominant.] See وَحْشٌ in three places.

The same as حُوشِىٌّ, and the opposite of أَهْلِىٌّ.

1.1figurative · مجاز

كَلَامٌ وَحْشِىٌّ is the same as حُوشِىٌّ (see that word), as stated in the article حوش.

In like manner, لَفْظَةٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ is the same as حُوشِيَّةٌ (Mz, 13th نوع).

1.2

The right side of anything; or the left side of anything.

[For fuller explanations of this term, and of its opposite إِنْسِىٌّ, in relation to a beast and to a man, see the latter term: of a beast, according to most authorities, it is the right, far or off, side. See an example in a verse cited under دَفٌّ.]

Of the arm or hand, and of the leg or foot: the back, إِنْسِىٌّ being the side that is towards the man; or, of the foot, the former means the outer side, the side more remote from the other foot, and the latter the side that is towards the other foot.

Of a bow, or of a Persian bow: the back, إِنْسِىٌّ being the side that is towards you; or, of a bow, the former means the side against which the arrow does not lie.

And الجَانِبُ الوَحِيشُ means the same as الوَحْشِىُّ.

1.3

A sort of fig that grows in the mountains and in the remote parts of valleys, of every colour — black, red, and white; it is the smallest of figs [smaller than the تبن], and when eaten newly plucked it burns the mouth; but it is dried.

1.4a wind that gets into one's clothes because of its violence—وَحْشِيَّةٌ

Or رِيحٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ.

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[Of, or belonging to, or relating to, the desert: and hence, wild; untamed; undomesticated; uncivilized; unfamiliar: and often used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant]: see وَحْشٌ , in three places: i. q. حُوشِىٌّ ; (S, Msb, art. حوش ;) contr. of أَهْلِىٌّ . (TA, in art. اهل .) كَلَامٌ وَحْشِىٌّ i. q. حُوشِىٌّ , q. v. (S, A, art. حوش :) and in like manner, لَفْظَةٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ i. q. حُوشِيَّةٌ . (Mz, 13th نوع .) The right side of anything: (AZ, AA, S, K, &c.:) or the left side (As, S, A, K,) of anything. (As, S.) [For more full explanations of this term, and its contr. إِنْسِىٌّ , in relation to a beast and to a man, see the latter term: of a beast, accord. to most authorities, it is The right, far or off, side. See an ex. in a verse cited voce دَفٌّ .] Of the arm or hand, and of the leg or foot, The back; إِنْسِىٌّ signifying the side that is towards the man: (S:) or of the foot, the former means [the outer side, or] the side that is the more remote from the other foot; the latter being the contr., or that which is towards the other foot. (TA.) Of a bow, (S, K,) or of a Persian bow, (TA,) The back; and إِنْسِىٌّ , the side that is towards thee: (S, K:) or of a bow, whether Persian or not is not said, the former means the side against which the arrow does not lie. (TA.) And الجَانِبُ الوَحِيشُ signifies the same as الوَحْشِىُّ . (IAar.) A sort of fig, that grows in the mountains and in the remote parts of valleys, of every colour, black and red and white; it is the smallest of figs, [in the TA, smaller than the تبن ,] and when eaten newly plucked it burns the mouth; but it is dried. (AHn, L.) وَحْشِيَّةٌ [or رِيحٌ وَحْشِيَّةٌ ] A wind that enters one's clothes, by reason of its vehemence. (K.)

Nounوَحْشَانُ1 sense

Core sense — sad, sorrowful, said of a mangenerated

Applied to a man: sad, sorrowful. Plural وَحَاشَى.

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, applied to a man, Sad; sorrowful: pl. وَحَاشَى . (K.)

Nounوَحِيشٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — wild animals of the desertgenerated

See وَحْشٌ, of which it is an ism jamʿ, in two places.

1.1

And see وَحْشِىٌّ.

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: see وَحْشٌ , (of which it is a quasi-pl. n.,) in two places: and see وَحْشِىٌّ .

Nounمُوحِشٌ1 sense

Core sense — desolate, deserted; hungrygenerated

See وَحْشٌ, first sentence, and near the end.

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: see وَحْشٌ , first sentence, and near the end.

Nounأَرْضٌ مَوْحُوشَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a land abounding with wild animals of the desertgenerated

A land having, or abounding with, wild animals, or animals of the desert.

[See أَرْضٌ مَجْرُوَدةٌ in the article جرد.]

In some of the copies of the K, مُوحِشَةٌ, which is a mistake.

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A land having, (Fr, S, A,) or abounding with, (K,) wild animals, or animals of the desert. (Fr, S, A, K.) [See أَرْضٌ مَجْرُوَدةٌ , in art. جرد .] In [some of] the copies of the K, مُوحِشَةٌ , which is a mistake. (TA.)

Nounمُتَوَحِّشٌ1 sense

Core sense — wild, shy; unsociable, like a wild animalgenerated

See وَحْشٌ, first sentence, and near the end.

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: see وَحْشٌ , first sentence, and near the end:

Nounأَرْضٌ مُسْتَوْحِشَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a land that has become desolate and desertedgenerated

See وَحْشٌ, first sentence.

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: see وَحْشٌ , first sentence.