موحش

Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ح ش (w-ḥ-š)

Derived from the active participle of the verb أَوْحَشَ (ʔawḥaša).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muː.ħiʃ/

Adjective

مُوحِش • (mūḥiš) (feminine مُوحِشَة (mūḥiša), masculine plural مُوحِشُونَ (mūḥišūna), feminine plural مُوحِشَات (mūḥišāt))

  1. dreary; gloomy; desolate
    هَٰذَا الْمَكَانُ مُوحِشٌ وَمُخِيفٌ، مَا ٱسْمُهُ؟
    hāḏā l-makānu mūḥišun wamuḵīfun, mā smuhu?
    This place is gloomy and frightening, what is it called?

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “و ح ش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُوحِش (mūḥiš).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [moː.ɦɪ́ʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [muː.jɪ́ʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.jíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? mūhiš
Dari reading? mūhiš
Iranian reading? muheš
Tajik reading? muhiš

Adjective

موحش • (muheš)

  1. dreadful
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