كسح

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root كسح (k-s-ḥ) primarily relates to sweeping, cleaning, and gathering. It extends to concepts of taking everything, leaving nothing behind, and also to physical ailments causing immobility or dragging of limbs, particularly in the legs.

Derived headwords

كَسَحَverb

1.
to sweepboth
To clean something by sweeping, such as a house or a well.
2.
to dragclassical
To drag one's leg while walking, indicating heaviness or immobility.

الْكَسْحnoun

1.
sweepingboth
The act of sweeping or cleaning by sweeping.
2.
immobilityclassical
A condition of heaviness or immobility in the legs, causing difficulty in walking.
3.
diseaseclassical
A disease affecting the hips and legs, causing weakness.

كَسْحًاnoun

1.
sweepingboth
The act of sweeping, used as a verbal noun.
2.
immobilityclassical
The state of being immobile or having heavy legs, used as a verbal noun.

مِكْسَحَةnoun

1.
broomboth
A tool used for sweeping, like a broom or brush.
2.
snow sweeperclassical
A tool used to sweep snow or other debris.

كَسَاحَةnoun

1.
swept debrisboth
Dirt or debris that has been swept and gathered together.
2.
swept-up dirtclassical
Dirt that has been swept and piled up.

اكْتَسَحَverb

1.
to take allboth
To take or seize all of someone's possessions, leaving nothing behind.
2.
to plunderclassical
To raid and take all the wealth of a group.

كَسَاحnoun

1.
lamenessclassical
A disability or ailment in the hands and feet, most commonly affecting the feet.
2.
dragging gaitclassical
A condition causing heaviness in one leg, resulting in a dragging gait.

أَكْسَحadjective

1.
lameclassical
Having a disability or lameness in the legs.
2.
paralyzedclassical
Unable to move, especially due to paralysis or immobility of the legs.
3.
crippledclassical
Suffering from a physical impairment, particularly in the legs.

كَسْحَانnoun

1.
lamenessclassical
A collective noun referring to the lame or crippled, often used in plural contexts.

كَسِيحadjective

1.
lameclassical
One who is lame or crippled in the legs.

مُكَسَّحadjective

1.
lameclassical
One who is lame or suffers from immobility in the legs.

مَكَاسَحَةnoun

1.
intense sweepingclassical
A vigorous and thorough sweeping action.

مَكْشُوحadjective

1.
peeledclassical
Describing wood that has been peeled or scraped clean.

مَكْشَحadjective

1.
peeledclassical
Similar to مكسح, referring to something that has been peeled or scraped.

Parallel reading

كسح البيت والبئر يكسحه كسحا: كنسه.

He swept the house and the well, sweeping it, a sweeping: he cleaned it.

والمكسحة: المكنسة؛

And the makhsaḥah: the broom;

المكسحة ما يكنس به الثلج وغيره.

The makhsaḥah is what is used to sweep snow and other things.

والكساحة مثل الكناسة؛

And al-kisāḥah is like al-kināsah;

والكساحة الكناسة،

And al-kisāḥah is the swept debris,

وكساحة البيت ما كسح من التراب فألقي بعضه على بعض.

And the kisāḥah of the house is what is swept from the dirt and piled upon itself.

والكساحة: تراب مجموع كسح بالمكسح.

And al-kisāḥah: gathered dirt swept with a sweeping tool.

اكتسح أموالهم: أخذها كلها؛

He took all their wealth: he took it all;

يقال: أغاروا عليهم فاكتسحوهم أي أخذوا مالهم كله،

It is said: they raided them and took all their wealth, meaning they took all their money,

ويقال: أتينا بني فلان فاكتسحنا مالهم أي لم نبق لهم شيئا؛

And it is said: we came to the sons of so-and-so and took all their wealth, meaning we left them nothing;

والكساح: الزمانة في اليدين والرجلين وأكثر ما يستعمل في الرجلين.

And al-kisāḥ: the disability in the hands and feet, and it is most often used for the feet.

الكسح ثقل في إحدى الرجلين إذا مشى جرها جرا.

Al-kasḥ is a heaviness in one of the legs when walking, dragging it along.

وهو أكسح وكسحان وكسيح ومكسح؛

And he is a-ksḥ, kasḥān, kasīḥ, and muksaḥ;

وقيل: الأكسح الأعرج والمقعد أيضا؛

And it was said: al-a-ksḥ is the lame and also the paralyzed;

وخذول الرجل، من غير كسح

And the woman's camel is submissive, without lameness

والكسح: داء يأخذ في الأوراك فتضعف له الرجل.

And al-kasḥ: a disease that affects the hips, causing the leg to weaken.

وقد كسح الرجل كسحا إذا ثقلت إحدى رجليه في المشي،

And a man has become kasḥ, a kasḥ, if one of his legs becomes heavy in walking,

فإذا مشى كأنه يكسح الأرض أي يكنسها،

And when he walks, it is as if he is sweeping the ground, meaning cleaning it,

جعلناهم كسحا يعني مقعدين، جمع أكسح كأحمر وحمر.

We made them kasḥ, meaning paralyzed, the plural of a-ksḥ like aḥmar and ḥumr.

والأكسح: المقعد، والفعل كالفعل.

And al-a-ksḥ: the paralyzed one, and the verb is like the verb.

إنها شر مال، إنما هي مال الكسحان والعوران ؛

It is the worst of wealth; it is only the wealth of the lame and the blind;

هي جمع الأكسح، وهو المقعد،

It is the plural of al-a-ksḥ, which is the paralyzed one,

وأنشد الليث للأعشى: ولقد أمنح من عاديته ... كل ما يقطع من داء الكسح

And Al-Layth recited for Al-A'sha: And I have given from my enmity... all that is cut off by the disease of al-kasḥ

جمل مكسوح: لا يمشي من شدة الضلع.

A muksūḥ camel: does not walk due to the severity of its side pain.

وعود مكسح ومكشح أي مقشور مسوى؛

And a muksḥ and mukshḥ stick, meaning peeled and smoothed;

جمالية تغتال فضل جديلها، ... شناح كصقب الطائفي المكسح

A she-camel that outstrips the advantage of its mane, ... a long neck like the smoothed Ta'ifi [camel].

والمكاسحة: المشارة الشديدة.

And al-mukāsaḥah: intense sweeping.

وكسحت الريح الأرض: قشرت عنها التراب.

And the wind swept the land: it peeled the dirt off it.