← Back to Lisan al-Arab

كرشف

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to thick, coarse, or rough land. It also extends to describe something dense, thick, or substantial, and can be used metaphorically for a dense collection of things.

Derived headwords

الكِرشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick, coarse landclassical

    Refers to land that is dense, rough, and difficult to traverse.

الكِرشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick vegetationclassical

    Can also refer to a dense growth of plants or herbage.

الخِرْشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick, coarse landclassical

    Synonymous with الكرشفة, denoting dense and rough terrain.

الخِرْشَفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick vegetationclassical

    Also synonymous with الكرشفة, referring to dense plant growth.

كِرْشَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick, coarse landclassical

    Another variant for dense, rough land.

خِرْشَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Thick, coarse landclassical

    A further variant denoting dense, rough terrain.

الكِرْشَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Dense herbageclassical

    Can refer to a thick growth of grass or fodder.

Parallel reading

الكِرشَفَة الأرض الغليظة
Al-kirshafah is thick, coarse land.
وهي الخرشفة
And it is al-kharshafah.
ويقال: كرشفة وخرشفة وكرشاف وخرشاف
And it is said: kirshafah, kharshafah, kirshaf, and kharshaf.
هيّجها من أحْلَب الكِرْشَاف
It stirred it up from the milking of the dense herbage.
ورطْب من كَلإ مجتاف
And moist from abundant fodder.
أسمر للوغد الضعيف نافي
Dark-colored, beneficial for the weak and feeble.
جراشع جباجب الأجواف
Thick, broad expanses of the interiors.
حمر الذرى مشرفة الأفواف
Red-topped, overlooking the openings.