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كرشب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe someone who is old, rough, or gluttonous. The terms relate to characteristics of age and excessive eating.

Derived headwords

الكَرشَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Old manclassical

    An old man, characterized by roughness or coarseness.

القَرشَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Gluttonclassical

    Someone who eats excessively; a glutton.

Parallel reading

الكرشب: المسن، كالقرشب.
Al-karshab: the old man, like al-qarshab.
وفي التهذيب: الكرشب المسن الجافي.
And in Al-Tahdhib: Al-karshab is the old, rough man.
والقرشب: الأكول.
And al-qarshab: the glutton.