أشوس

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root ش و س (š-w-s).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʃ.was/

Adjective

أَشْوَس (ʾašwas) (feminine شَوْسَاء (šawsāʾ), common plural شُوس (šūs) or أَشَاوِس (ʾašāwis))

  1. proud
  2. bold, audacious, daring, venturesome

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), أشوس”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 464
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), أشوس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 576
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