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كشف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 كَشَفَهُ ذ and كَشَفَ عَنْهُ He uncovered it; unveiled it; laid it open; displayed it; exposed it to view; discovered it; detected it; revealed it; disclosed it. ― -b2- كَشَفَ عَنْهُ He investigated, explored, or scrutinized, it; searched, examined, or inquired, into it. ― -b3- كَشَفَهُ He removed it; namely, a cover, or covering, or the like: and he uncovered it, laid it open, &c.; as also كَشَفَ عَنْهُ. ― -b4- كَشَفَ شَيْأً عَنْ شَىْءٍ He removed, put off, took off, or stripped off, a thing from over, or from before, a thing which it covered or concealed. (K.) ― -b5- كَشَفَ He removed, cleared away, or dispelled, grief, or sorrow: see فَرَجَ (of which it is an explanation in the Msb and K). ― -b6- See 7.

Derived headwords

كَشَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
كَشَفَ عَنْهُ
كَشَفَ شَيْأً عَنْ شَىْءٍ