عَصْو
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عَصًا
staff
Noun · feminineRoot ع-ص-و
عَصًا in English
Noun · feminine
- staff, stick
- walking cane
- wooden handle
- scepter
- crosier
- punishment, chastisement; discipline
- dominion
- legbone
- penis, middle leg
- lingual bone, tongue
- bone in the wing of a bird
- Muslim fraternity or a community in general
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-West Semitic *ʕaṣay-.
Words from the root ع-ص-و
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb.
عَصَا
· present يَعْصُو
Form I · The plain action
to beat or strike with a stick, sword, or staff; to use, handle, wield, equip any of the above.; to dress wound, to use a splint on a wound; to unite people for a purpose, to shepherd people together
عَاصٍ
مَعْصُوّ
staff
عَصًا in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
وَعَصَى مُوآبُ عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ أَخْآبَ.Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.2 Kings 1:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «مَا هذِهِ فِي يَدِكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «عَصًا».And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.Exodus 4:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَدْ كَسَّرَ الرَّبُّ عَصَا الأَشْرَارِ، قَضِيبَ الْمُتَسَلِّطِينَ.The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.Isaiah 14:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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