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وَحْش

wild animal

Noun · masculineRoot و-ح-ش

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Plural
وُحُوش
Other plural
وُحْشَان

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form V
تَوَحَّشَ
to be unsocial

وَحْش in English

Noun · masculine

  1. wild animal
  2. monster
  3. beast
  4. game

Words from the root و-ح-ش

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وَحَشَ · present يَحِشُ

to throw away (clothes, arms, etc) [+بِ (object)] while fleeing

Verbal noun
wild animal
وَاحِش
Active participle
مَوْحُوش
Passive participle
وَحُشَ · present يَوْحُشُ

to abound with wild beasts; to fall into poverty or contempt, grow savage and brute-like, be devastated and unpeopled

وَحَاشَة
Verbal noun
وُحُوشَة
Verbal noun
وَحِشَ · present يَوْحَشُ

to feel lonely or miss

وَحْشَة
Verbal noun
وَاحِش
Active participle
مَوْحُوش
Passive participle
تَوَحَّشَ · present يَتَوَحَّشُ

to be unsocial, unsociable, unfamiliar or shy; to act wild, savage, monstrous, brutal, barbarous, untamed, bestial or feral; to be desolate, deserted, waste

تَوَحُّش
Verbal noun
مُتَوَحِّش
Active participle
مُتَوَحَّش
Passive participle
اِسْتَوْحَشَ · present يَسْتَوْحِشُ

to be deserted, to be desolate; to feel lonely; to miss badly, to long for

اِسْتِيحَاش
Verbal noun
مُسْتَوْحِش
Active participle
مُسْتَوْحَش
Passive participle
مُوحِش
Adjective
dreary

وَحْش: plural and other forms

Singularوَحْش
Pluralوُحُوش
Alternative pluralsوُحْشَان

وَحْش in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

اَلأَسَدُ جَبَّارُ الْوُحُوشِ، وَلاَ يَرْجعُ مِنْ قُدَّامِ أَحَدٍ،A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;Proverbs 30:30, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
الْوُحُوشُ وَكُلُّ الْبَهَائِمِ، الدَّبَّابَاتُ وَالطُّيُورُ ذَوَاتُ الأَجْنِحَةِ،Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:Psalms 148:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
يَا جَمِيعَ وُحُوشِ الْبَرِّ تَعَالَيْ لِلأَكْلِ. يَا جَمِيعَ الْوُحُوشِ الَّتِي فِي الْوَعْرِ.All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.Isaiah 56:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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