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كشب
Root entry · 7 derived lemmasThis root primarily relates to the intense consumption of meat, particularly by eating it with great force or greed. It also encompasses related terms for fat and a specific geographical location.
Derived headwords
كَشَبnoun
- 1.intense eating of meatclassical
The act of eating meat or similar food with great intensity and force.
كشبهverb
- 1.to eat intenselyclassical
He ate meat or similar food with great intensity and force.
كشبًاnoun
- 1.intense eatingclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) denoting the act of eating with intensity and force.
التكشيبnoun
- 1.intensification of eatingclassical
A form used for exaggeration, emphasizing the intensity of eating.
الكشىnoun
- 1.fat of a kidneyclassical
A collection of 'kishyah', which is the fat surrounding the kidney of a desert monitor lizard (ḍabb).
كشيةnoun
- 1.kidney fatclassical
The fat surrounding the kidney of a desert monitor lizard (ḍabb).
كشبname
- 1.a mountainboth
A known mountain, or a name for a mountain in the desert.
Parallel reading
الكشب: شدة أكل اللحم ونحوه
Al-Kashab: intense eating of meat and the like.
وقد كشبه
And he ate it intensely.
كشب اللحم كشبا: أكله بشدة
To eat meat intensely (kashaban): to eat it with force.
والتكشيب للمبالغة
And al-takshib is for exaggeration.
ثم ظللنا في شواء، رعببه ... ملهوج مثل الكشى نكشبه
Then we spent the day in roasting, its fat dripping... a thirsty one, like the kashy, we eat it intensely.
الكشى: جمع كشية، وهي شحمة كلية الضب
Al-Kashy: a جمع (plural) of kishyah, which is the fat of the kidney of the ḍabb.
وكشب: جبل معروف
And Kashab: a known mountain.
وقيل اسم جبل في البادية
And it is said to be the name of a mountain in the desert.