عصا
العربية
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عصا¹
- /ʕa.sˤan/
- /ʕa.sˤaː/
Sounds like عَصَى (ʕaṣā)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-West Semitic *ʕaṣay-.
noun عَصًا · ʕaṣan · ʕaṣā · ʕaṣawān · ʕuṣiyy · ʕiṣiyy
- staff, stick
- walking cane
- wooden handle
- scepter
- crosier
- punishment, chastisement; discipline
- dominion
- legbone
- penis, middle leg
- lingual bone, tongue
- bone in the wing of a bird
- Muslim fraternity or a community in general
عصا²
- /ʕa.sˤaː/
Sounds like عَصَى (ʕaṣā)
Where it comes from
Denominal verb of عَصًا (ʕaṣan, “stick”).
verb عَصَا · ʕaṣā · يَعْصُو · عَصْو · عَاصٍ
- to beat or strike with a stick, sword, or staff; to use, handle, wield, equip any of the above.
- to dress wound, to use a splint on a wound
- to unite people for a purpose, to shepherd people together
In English
- bat club used for striking the ball in sports
- rod straight round stick, shaft, or bar
- stick long piece of wood
- wand hand-held narrow rod
- club hitting implement in certain ball games
- magic wand wand used to perform magic
- baton sports: object transferred by relay runners
- walking stick cane
- crosier staff of a bishop or abbot
- hockey stick instrument used in ice hockey
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