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كوه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to confusion, perplexity, and being bewildered. It can also extend to meanings of things becoming scattered, spread out, or extensively difficult to grasp. Some derivatives are used in the sense of intense inquiry or investigation.

Derived headwords

كُوِهَverb
  1. 1.
    to be confusedboth

    To be bewildered, perplexed, or lost in confusion.

كَوْهاًnoun
  1. 1.
    confusionclassical

    The state of being confused or bewildered.

تَكَوْهَهَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become scatteredclassical

    For matters or affairs to become dispersed, spread out, and extensive.

كَهَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to investigate intenselyclassical

    To inquire into something thoroughly, to investigate it exhaustively, similar to 'istankahutahu'.

كِهْتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to investigate intenselyclassical

    To inquire into something thoroughly, to investigate it exhaustively, similar to 'istankahutahu'.

كِهْparticle
  1. 1.
    an interjection of repulsionclassical

    A particle used to express repulsion, disgust, or a command to move away, often directed at someone's face.

Parallel reading

كوه كوها: تحير.
Kūha kūhan: to be confused.
وتكوهت عليه أموره: تفرقت واتسعت
And his affairs became scattered (takawhhat 'alayhi 'umūruhu): they became dispersed and extensive.
وربما قالوا كهته وكهته في معنى استنكهته.
And sometimes they say kahatahu and kihatahu in the meaning of 'istankahutahu' (to investigate thoroughly).
فقال ملك الموت لموسى، عليه الصلاة والسلام، كه في وجهي
So the Angel of Death said to Moses, peace be upon him, 'Kah in my face!'
ورواه اللحياني: كه في وجهي ، بالفتح.
And Al-Lihyani narrated it: 'Kaḥ fi wajhī', with the fatḥa.