موحش

Arabic

Etymology

Root
و ح ش (w ḥ š)
4 terms

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

Declension of adjective مُوحِش (mūḥiš)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُوحِش
mūḥiš
الْمُوحِش
al-mūḥiš
مُوحِشَة
mūḥiša
الْمُوحِشَة
al-mūḥiša
nominative مُوحِشٌ
mūḥišun
الْمُوحِشُ
al-mūḥišu
مُوحِشَةٌ
mūḥišatun
الْمُوحِشَةُ
al-mūḥišatu
accusative مُوحِشًا
mūḥišan
الْمُوحِشَ
al-mūḥiša
مُوحِشَةً
mūḥišatan
الْمُوحِشَةَ
al-mūḥišata
genitive مُوحِشٍ
mūḥišin
الْمُوحِشِ
al-mūḥiši
مُوحِشَةٍ
mūḥišatin
الْمُوحِشَةِ
al-mūḥišati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُوحِشَيْن
mūḥišayn
الْمُوحِشَيْن
al-mūḥišayn
مُوحِشَتَيْن
mūḥišatayn
الْمُوحِشَتَيْن
al-mūḥišatayn
nominative مُوحِشَانِ
mūḥišāni
الْمُوحِشَانِ
al-mūḥišāni
مُوحِشَتَانِ
mūḥišatāni
الْمُوحِشَتَانِ
al-mūḥišatāni
accusative مُوحِشَيْنِ
mūḥišayni
الْمُوحِشَيْنِ
al-mūḥišayni
مُوحِشَتَيْنِ
mūḥišatayni
الْمُوحِشَتَيْنِ
al-mūḥišatayni
genitive مُوحِشَيْنِ
mūḥišayni
الْمُوحِشَيْنِ
al-mūḥišayni
مُوحِشَتَيْنِ
mūḥišatayni
الْمُوحِشَتَيْنِ
al-mūḥišatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal مُوحِشِين
mūḥišīn
الْمُوحِشِين
al-mūḥišīn
مُوحِشَات
mūḥišāt
الْمُوحِشَات
al-mūḥišāt
nominative مُوحِشُونَ
mūḥišūna
الْمُوحِشُونَ
al-mūḥišūna
مُوحِشَاتٌ
mūḥišātun
الْمُوحِشَاتُ
al-mūḥišātu
accusative مُوحِشِينَ
mūḥišīna
الْمُوحِشِينَ
al-mūḥišīna
مُوحِشَاتٍ
mūḥišātin
الْمُوحِشَاتِ
al-mūḥišāti
genitive مُوحِشِينَ
mūḥišīna
الْمُوحِشِينَ
al-mūḥišīna
مُوحِشَاتٍ
mūḥišātin
الْمُوحِشَاتِ
al-mūḥišāti

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

 

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

Adjective

موحش • (muheš)

  1. dreadful