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كشم

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

The root كشم primarily relates to the concept of cutting, specifically the nose, leading to meanings of mutilation and deficiency. It extends to describe a lack of completeness in physical form, lineage, or character, and also denotes a forceful or rough manner of eating.

Derived headwords

كشمverb
  1. 1.
    to mutilate the noseclassical

    To cut off the nose, specifically by severing it from its origin.

  2. 2.
    to eat roughlyclassical

    To eat something, like melons or cucumbers, in a rough or forceful manner.

كشمهverb
  1. 1.
    to mutilate the noseclassical

    To cut off the nose, specifically by severing it from its origin.

كشماnoun
  1. 1.
    mutilation of the noseclassical

    The act of cutting off the nose by severing it from its origin.

  2. 2.
    deficiencyclassical

    A lack or deficiency in creation, lineage, or character.

أنف أكشمadjective
  1. 1.
    mutilated noseclassical

    A nose that has been cut off from its origin.

أنف كشمadjective
  1. 1.
    mutilated noseclassical

    A nose that has been cut off from its origin.

أكشمadjective
  1. 1.
    deficient in form/lineageclassical

    Lacking in physical form or noble lineage; deficient in creation or status.

  2. 2.
    mutilated noseclassical

    Having a nose cut off from its origin.

كشماءadjective
  1. 1.
    deficient earclassical

    An ear where the cut has not left a discernible mark, similar to a solid piece.

  2. 2.
    female cheetahclassical

    A female cheetah.

كشمةnoun
  1. 1.
    deficiencyclassical

    A deficiency or lack in form or lineage.

أكشمnoun
  1. 1.
    deficiencyclassical

    A deficiency in creation, lineage, or character.

كشمnoun
  1. 1.
    cheetahclassical

    The name of a cheetah.

الأكشمnoun
  1. 1.
    cheetahclassical

    The name of a cheetah.

كيشمname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

Parallel reading

كشم أنفه: دقه؛ عن اللحياني.
He mutilated his nose: he cut it off; according to Al-Lihyani.
وكشم أنفه يكشمه كشما: جدعه.
And he mutilated his nose, he cut it off with a كشم: he severed it.
والكشم: قطع الأنف باستئصال.
And كشم: cutting off the nose by complete severance.
وأنف أكشم وكشم: مقطوع من أصله، وقد كشم كشما.
And a nose أكشم and كشم: cut off from its origin, and he was mutilated with كشم.
وحنك أكشم: كالأكس.
And a jaw أكشم: like the jawbone.
وأذن كشماء: لم يبن القطع منها شيئا، وهي كالصلماء، والاسم الكشمة.
And an ear كشماء: the cut did not leave anything discernible from it, and it is like a solid piece, and the noun is الكشمة.
والأكشم: الناقص الخلق، ورجل أكشم بين الكشم، وقد يكون ذلك النقصان أيضا في الحسب.
And الأكشم: the one deficient in creation, and a man أكشم exhibiting deficiency (الكشم), and this deficiency may also be in lineage.
غلام أتاه اللؤم من نحو خاله، ... له جانب واف وآخر أكشم
A boy who received baseness from his maternal uncles, ... he has one side complete and another أكشم.
غلام أتاه اللؤم من نحو عمه، ... وأفضل أعراق ابن حسان أسلم
A boy who received baseness from his paternal uncles, ... and the noblest of Ibn Hassan's lineage is Aslam.
وكشم القثاء والجزر: أكله أكلا عنيفا.
And he كشم melons and cucumbers: he ate them with a rough eating.
والأكشم الفهد، والأنثى كشماء، والجمع كشم.
And الأكشم is the cheetah, and the female is كشماء, and the plural is كشم.
وكيشم: اسم.
And كيشم: is a name.