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كربس

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a type of cloth, specifically cotton fabric, and its associated terms. It also extends to describe the seller of this fabric and, in a less common usage, a wine decanter.

Derived headwords

الكِرْبَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton clothboth

    A type of fabric, specifically cotton, often of Persian origin.

  2. 2.
    wine decanterclassical

    A vessel used for decanting wine.

الكِرْبَاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    specific cotton clothboth

    A more specific or particular type of cotton cloth, derived from 'kurbas'.

الكَرَابِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton clothsboth

    The plural form of 'kurbas', referring to multiple pieces of cotton cloth.

كَرَابِيسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    seller of cotton clothboth

    Pertaining to or relating to the seller of 'kurbas' (cotton cloth).

Parallel reading

الكرباس والكرباسة: ثوب، فارسية، وبياعه كرابيسي.
Al-kurbas and al-kurbasah: a garment, Persian, and its seller is karabisi.
الكرباس، بكسر الكاف، فارسي معرب ينسب إليه بياعه فيقال كرابيسي
Al-kurbas, with a kasra on the kaf, is a Persian loanword, and its seller is attributed to it, so one says karabisi.
والكرباسة أخص منه والجمع الكرابيس.
And al-kurbasah is more specific than it, and the plural is al-karabis.
وعليه قميص من كرابيس
And upon him was a shirt made of karabis (cotton cloth).
هي جمع كرباس، وهو القطن.
It is the plural of kurbas, which is cotton.
فأصبح وقد اعتم بعمامة كرابيس سوداء.
And he woke up having donned a black turban of karabis (cotton cloth).
والكرباس: راووق الخمر.
And al-kurbas: a decanter for wine.