كشي

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of fatty tissue found in animals, particularly lizards (ضب). It also extends to the act of biting and tearing with the mouth.

Derived headwords

كُشْيَةnoun

1.
fatty tissueclassical
A specific type of fatty tissue, often yellow, found at the base of an animal's tail, extending towards its neck or kidneys. It is particularly associated with the desert lizard (ضب).
2.
fatty depositclassical
Described as a fatty deposit located near the kidneys, characterized by being yellowish with black coverings, resembling a veil.
3.
elongated fatclassical
An elongated fatty deposit running along the flanks from the neck to the base of the thigh.

الكُشَىnoun

1.
fatty tissuesclassical
The plural form of 'kushyah', referring to the fatty tissues found in the belly of a desert lizard.

كشِيَverb

1.
to bite and tearclassical
To bite something with one's mouth and tear it away.

وكشا الشيء كشوا عضه بفيه فانتزعه — And he bit the thing with his mouth and tore it away.

كشْوnoun

1.
biting and tearingclassical
The act of biting and tearing something with the mouth.

Parallel reading

كشية الضب: أصل ذنبه

The kushyah of the desert lizard: the base of its tail.

وقيل: هي شحمة صفراء من أصل ذنبه حتى تبلغ إلى أصل حلقه

And it was said: it is a yellow fat from the base of its tail until it reaches the base of its throat.

وهما كشيتان مبتدتا الصلب من داخل من أصل ذنبه إلى عنقه

And they are two kushyahs, the beginnings of the spine from the inside, from the base of its tail to its neck.

وقيل: هي على موضع الكليتين

And it was said: it is located at the position of the kidneys.

وهما شحمتان على خلقة لسان الكلب صفراوان عليهما مقنعة سوداء أي مثل المقنعة

And they are two fats resembling the tongue of a dog, yellowish, with black coverings, meaning like a veil.

وقيل: هي شحمة مستطيلة في الجنبين من العنق إلى أصل الفخذ

And it was said: it is an elongated fat in the flanks from the neck to the base of the thigh.

وفي المثل: أطعم أخاك من كشية الضب؛ يحثه على المواساة

And in the proverb: Feed your brother from the kushyah of the desert lizard; urging him towards generosity.

بل يهزأ به؛ قال قائل الأعراب: وأنت لو ذقت الكشى بالأكباد، ... لما تركت الضب يعدو بالواد

Rather, it is mocking him; an Arab poet said: And if you had tasted the kushyah with the livers, ... you would not have left the lizard running in the valley.

وفي حديث: عمر، رضي الله عنه: أنه وضع يده في كشية ضب، وقال إن نبي الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لم يحرمه ولكن قذره

And in the narration: Umar, may God be pleased with him, placed his hand in the kushyah of a desert lizard and said that the Prophet of God, peace be upon him, did not forbid it, but rather found it repulsive.

الكشية شحم يكون في بطن الضب ووضع اليد فيه كناية عن الأكل منه

The kushyah is fat found in the belly of the desert lizard, and placing the hand in it is a metaphor for eating from it.

والذي جاء في غريب الحربي عن مجاهد: أن رجلا أهدى للنبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، ضبا فقذره فوضع يده في كشيتي الضب

And what came in Gharib al-Harbi from Mujahid: that a man gifted a desert lizard to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and he found it repulsive, so he placed his hand in the two kushyahs of the lizard.

والجمع الكشى

And the plural is al-kusha.

وقال الشاعر: فلو كان هذا الضب لا ذنب له ... ولا كشية، ما مسه الدهر لامس

And the poet said: If this lizard had no tail ... nor kushyah, time would not have touched it.

ولكنه من أجل طيب ذنيبه ... وكشيته دبت إليه الدهارس

But because of the goodness of its tail ... and its kushyah, the ages have crept towards it.

ويقال: كشة «1» وكشية بمعنى واحد

And it is said: kushah and kushyah have the same meaning.

وكشا الشيء كشوا عضه بفيه فانتزعه

And he bit the thing and tore it away with his mouth.