آس

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آس¹

  • /ʔaːs/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic אָסָא / ܐܵܣܵܐ (ʾāsā, “myrtle”), from Akkadian 𒄑𒊍 (asum, “myrtle”).

noun ʔās · آس · الْآس · آسٌ · الْآسُ

  1. masculine myrtle (Myrtus gen. et spp.) والكتم قال أبو الخير هو ثلاثة أنواع منها ما له ورق عريض مثل ورق الآس الذي ينبت في الشعرى وهو يعلو كثيرا ويأخذ من التدويح وورقه مشرفة مثل تشريف المنشار ومنه نوع آخر له ورق دون الأول في العرض وتعظم شجرته أيضا وله حب في قدر حب الفلفل والريحان ويعتصر منه دهن يستصبح به ونوع آخر له ورق طويل دقيق مثل ورق ا

    Similar: رَيْحَان, مَرْسِين, هَدَس, قُمَام

آس²

  • /ʔaːs/

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Latin as, likely through French as.

noun ʔās · آسَات · آس · الْآس · آسٌ

  1. masculine ace (card games, dice games, etc.)

آس³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic אָסְיָא / ܐܵܣܝܵܐ (ʾāsyā, “physician, healer”), from Akkadian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠asû⁠/, “physician, healer”), from Sumerian 𒀀𒍪 (A.ZU /⁠azu⁠/, “physician, healer”). This term has merged with the native root ء س و (ʔ s w) having originally the meanings “to grieve”, “to hurt”, and developed additional forms, this noun being reinterpreted as an active participle of the form I verb, the same happening in Aramaic. It has also engendered additional forms in Aramaic, Hebrew, Ethiopian Semitic.

noun آسٍ · ʔāsin · آسِي · آسُون · أُسَاة · إِسَاء

  1. archaic physician, healer, one who knows medicine يَطَأُ الثَّرَى مُتَرَفِّقًا مِنْ تَيْهِهِ // فَكَأَنَّهُ آسٍ يَجُسُّ عَلِيلَا

    Similar: طَبِيب

In English

  • ace card with a single spot
  • myrtle evergreen shrub

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {آس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A2%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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