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كسح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 كَسَحَ ذ , (aor. كَسِحَ , K, inf. n. كَسْحٌ, Msb,) He swept a house, or chamber. (S, Msb, K,) [You say] كَسَحَتِ الرِّيحُ الأَرْضَ The wind swept off the dust from the surface of the ground. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] كَسَحَ (tropical:) He cleaned out a well, and a canal or channel of running water, &c. (Msb.) ― -b3- [And hence also,] (tropical:) He cut a thing off; destroyed it; did away with it, carried it off: (Msb:) [ he swept it away. ] ― -b4- كَسَحْنَا بَنِى فُلَانٍ (tropical:) We extirpated the sons of such a one. (A.) ― -b5- كَسِحَ, aor. كَسَحَ , inf. n. كَسَحٌ, He had a heaviness in one of his legs, and dragged it when he walked: (T:) he was crippled in the legs, and in the arms: (L, K:) mostly used in relation to the legs. (L.) [See also كُسَاحٌ.]

Derived headwords

كَسَحَverb
  1. 1.
كَسَحَتِ الرِّيحُ الأَرْضَ
كَسَحْنَا بَنِى فُلَانٍ