الكحب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the early stages of grape clusters and, by extension, to hitting or striking someone's rear. It also encompasses terms for abundance and intense fire.

Derived headwords

الكُحْبnoun

1.
Unripe grapesclassical
Refers to the unripe stage of grapes, also known as 'al-ḥiṣram'. The singular form is 'bahā'.
2.
Rear endclassical
A term for the posterior or buttocks.

كُحِبَverb

1.
To become unripe (grapes)classical
The grape cluster reached its unripe stage.

كَحَبَverb

1.
To strike the rearclassical
To hit someone on their posterior or buttocks.

تكحيباًnoun

1.
Becoming unripe (grapes)classical
The process or state of grape clusters becoming unripe.
2.
Abundance of grapesclassical
The state where grape clusters become numerous or abundant.

كَحَبَ الكَرْمُverb

1.
Grapes became unripeclassical
The grapevines produced unripe grape clusters.
2.
Grapes became abundantclassical
The grapevines produced an abundance of grapes.

كَحَبَهُverb

1.
He struck his rearclassical
He hit him on his posterior.

الكاحِبَةadjective

1.
Abundantclassical
Describing something that is plentiful or numerous.
2.
Intense (fire)classical
Describing a fire whose flames have risen high.

كُوحِبَverb

1.
To be struck (passive)classical
To be hit on the rear (passive voice).

Parallel reading

الكحب: الحصرم، واحدته بهاء، والدبر.

Al-kuḥb: The unripe grapes, its singular is bahā', and the rear end.

وكحب الكرم تكحيبا: ظهر كحبه، أو كثر حبه.

And the vine became unripe (takḥībā): its unripe grapes appeared, or its grapes became abundant.

وكحبه، كمنعه: ضرب دبره.

And he struck his rear, like (the verb) mana'ahu: he struck his posterior.

والكاحبة: الكثيرة، والنار التي ارتفع لهبها.

And al-kāḥibah: the abundant one, and the fire whose flames have risen high.

وكوحب: ع.

And kuḥiba: (passive verb, meaning) to be struck.