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كرسف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to cotton and its properties, including its use as a material and its absorbent qualities. It also extends to describe a camel that is hobbled or entrapped.

Derived headwords

الكُرْسُفnoun
  1. 1.
    cottonboth

    Cotton, the soft fibrous substance obtained from the seeds of the cotton plant.

  2. 2.
    cotton wadboth

    A wad or plug made of cotton, often used for stopping or absorbing.

الكُرْسُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    cottonclassical

    An alternative term for cotton, synonymous with الكرسف.

كُرْسَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    piece of cottonboth

    A single piece or tuft of cotton.

تَكَرْسَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become intertwinedclassical

    To enter into or become mixed with something, to become intertwined or entangled.

المُكَرْسَفadjective
  1. 1.
    hobbled camelclassical

    A camel whose legs have been hobbled or tied together, preventing it from moving freely.

Parallel reading

الكرسف: القطن وهو الكرسوف، واحدته كرسفة
Al-kursuf: Cotton, and it is al-kursuf, its singular is kursafah.
ومننه كرسف الدواة
And from it is the cotton of the inkwell.
أنه كفن في ثلاثة أثواب يمانية كرسف
That he was shrouded in three Yemeni garments of cotton.
جعله وصفا للثياب وإن لم يكن مشتقا كقولهم مررت بحية ذراع وإبل مائة
He made it a description for the garments even if it was not derived, like their saying: I passed by a snake a cubit long and a hundred camels.
وفي حديث المستحاضة: أنعت لك الكرسف
And in the hadith of the woman with irregular bleeding: I prescribe for you cotton.
وتكرسف الرجل: دخل بعضه في بعض
And takarrasafa a man: his parts entered into each other.
أبو عمرو: المكرسف الجمل المعرقب
Abu Amr: Al-mukarrasaf is the hobbled camel.