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كسءه

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to following, pursuing, or overcoming someone, often in a competitive or confrontational context. It also extends to the meaning of the rear or posterior part of something, and a portion of the night.

Derived headwords

كَسَأَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to followboth

    To follow someone, to be in pursuit of them.

  2. 2.
    to drive (animal)classical

    To drive a beast, urging it to follow another.

  3. 3.
    to overcomeclassical

    To overcome a group of people in a dispute or argument.

  4. 4.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike someone with a sword.

كَسْءnoun
  1. 1.
    rear, posteriorboth

    The rear or posterior part of anything.

  2. 2.
    piece of the nightclassical

    A portion or segment of the night.

كَسُؤُهُnoun
  1. 1.
    rear, posteriorboth

    The rear or posterior part of anything.

أَكْسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    rears, posteriorsboth

    The plural of كسء, referring to the rear or posterior parts of things.

Parallel reading

كَسَأَهُ، كَمَنْعِهِ: تَبِعَهُ
He followed him, like 'man'a' (prevented).
وَالدَّابَّةَ: سَاقَهَا عَلَى إِثْرِ أُخْرَى
And the beast: he drove it, following another.
وَالْقَوْمَ: غَلَبَهُمْ فِي الْخُصُومَةِ
And the people: he overcame them in the dispute.
وَبِالسَّيْفِ: ضَرَبَهُ
And with the sword: he struck him.
وَكَسْءُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَكَسُؤُهُ، بِضَمِّهِمَا: مُؤَخِّرُهُ، ج: أَكْسَاءٌ
And the rear of everything, and its rear, with both of them being dhamma: its posterior, plural: aksaa' (rears).
وَرَكِبَ كَسْأَهُ: وَقَعَ عَلَى قَفَاهُ
And he fell on his rear: he fell on the back of his neck.
وَكَسْءٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، بِالْفَتْحِ: قِطْعَةٌ مِنْهُ
And a kas' (portion) of the night, with fatha: a piece of it.