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كشب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This 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. 1.
    intense eating of meatclassical

    The act of eating meat or similar food with great intensity and force.

كشبهverb
  1. 1.
    to eat intenselyclassical

    He ate meat or similar food with great intensity and force.

كشبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    intense eatingclassical

    The masdar (verbal noun) denoting the act of eating with intensity and force.

التكشيبnoun
  1. 1.
    intensification of eatingclassical

    A form used for exaggeration, emphasizing the intensity of eating.

الكشىnoun
  1. 1.
    fat of a kidneyclassical

    A collection of 'kishyah', which is the fat surrounding the kidney of a desert monitor lizard (ḍabb).

كشيةnoun
  1. 1.
    kidney fatclassical

    The fat surrounding the kidney of a desert monitor lizard (ḍabb).

كشبname
  1. 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.