عويص

عويص

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع و ص‎ (ʿ-w-ṣ).

Adjective

عَوِيص • (ʿawīṣ)

1. Difficult (as a substantive: a difficult thing, difficulty, distress)
   1. Of language: hard to understand, obscure
   2. Of earth: hard
   3. Of sand: hard to traverse
   4. Of land: rugged

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “عويص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع و ص‎

Etymology

From Arabic عَوِيص‎ (ʿawīṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.wiːsˤ/, [ʕaˈwiːsˤ]

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Adjective

عويص • (ʕawīṣ) (feminine عويصة‎ (ʕawīṣe))

1. complex, complicated, obscure

   Synonym: معقد‎ (mʕaʔʔad)

   Antonym: بسيط‎ (basīṭ)

See also

• صعب‎ (ṣaʕb, “hard, difficult”)