عش

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ش ش (ʕ-š-š)

Noun

عُشّ • (ʕušš) m (plural أَعْشَاش (ʔaʕšāš))

1. nest

Declension

Declension of noun عُشّ (ʕušš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشّ ʕušš	الْعُشّ al-ʕušš	عُشّ ʕušš
Nominative	عُشٌّ ʕuššun	الْعُشُّ al-ʕuššu	عُشُّ ʕuššu
Accusative	عُشًّا ʕuššan	الْعُشَّ al-ʕušša	عُشَّ ʕušša
Genitive	عُشٍّ ʕuššin	الْعُشِّ al-ʕušši	عُشِّ ʕušši
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُشَّيْن ʕuššayn	الْعُشَّيْن al-ʕuššayn	عُشَّيْ ʕuššay
Nominative	عُشَّانِ ʕuššāni	الْعُشَّانِ al-ʕuššāni	عُشَّا ʕuššā
Accusative	عُشَّيْنِ ʕuššayni	الْعُشَّيْنِ al-ʕuššayni	عُشَّيْ ʕuššay
Genitive	عُشَّيْنِ ʕuššayni	الْعُشَّيْنِ al-ʕuššayni	عُشَّيْ ʕuššay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْشَاش ʔaʕšāš	الْأَعْشَاش al-ʔaʕšāš	أَعْشَاش ʔaʕšāš
Nominative	أَعْشَاشٌ ʔaʕšāšun	الْأَعْشَاشُ al-ʔaʕšāšu	أَعْشَاشُ ʔaʕšāšu
Accusative	أَعْشَاشًا ʔaʕšāšan	الْأَعْشَاشَ al-ʔaʕšāša	أَعْشَاشَ ʔaʕšāša
Genitive	أَعْشَاشٍ ʔaʕšāšin	الْأَعْشَاشِ al-ʔaʕšāši	أَعْشَاشِ ʔaʕšāši

Verb

1. to stay or keep to one's nest, lair, or home
2. to seek, to look for; to acquire, to collect, to gather
3. to dislodge, to expel, to take up residence in another's home or territory
4. to repair especially of clothes, to keep them in a usable state, to maintain a nest especially said of a bird

Etymology 2

Verb

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of عَاشَ (ʕāša)