تُحشا - تُحشى

[Andijani Uzbek]

I am having difficulty with determining the conjugation of تحشا in the following passage: “ ربما غدا : أثبتت دراسات المعهد القومي أن ريش الدجاج مفيد أيضا في جعلك تشبع بسهولة كونك تحشو أمعاءك كما تحشا الوسائد والفرش”. It is clear that this word is derived from roots ح-ش-و and I translated it as ‘stuffed’. I was not able to find this word in a dictionary.

Is it a word specific to some dialect and not in MSA? Or is it passive or active participle?

 

[analeeh]

It's MSA. It's the passive (مجهول) form of the verb: كمى تُحشَا. This corresponds to normal verb structures like يُكتَب 'is written'. But I'm not entirely sure that the spelling is correct.

As you probably know, there are various kinds of فعل معتل. This kind is called ناقص, and is distinguished by the final root consonant being a semivowel و or ي. The most common verbs of this kind have ـي -i in the مضارع and ـى -a in the ماضي. But verbs like حشا have ـو -u in the مضارع and ـا -a in the ماضي. Although today they are pronounced the same, the different kinds of 2alif distinguish the two verb classes.

In this case, though, I'm not sure that the ـا is correct, because it represents not the ماضي form but the passive form. I think under these circumstances it's supposed to be written تُحشَى.

 

[Andijani Uzbek]

It's MSA. It's the passive (مجهول) form of the verb: كمى تُحشَا. This corresponds to normal verb structures like يُكتَب 'is written'. But I'm not entirely sure that the spelling is correct.
… it's supposed to be written تُحشَى.

Thank you very much! Your answer has really helped me, but alas I forgot to also remember passive voice when making my inquiries!

 

[Sadda7]

In this case, though, I'm not sure that the ـا is correct, because it represents not the ماضي form but the passive form. I think under these circumstances it's supposed to be written تُحشَى.

معتل الآخر in the present passive always takes ى whether it's واوي like حشا يحشو or يائي like قضى يقضي.

Examples from the Quran:
تُتلى and يُتلى from تلا يتلو.
تُبلى from بلا يبلو.