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كبح

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root كبح (kabaḥa) primarily relates to restraining, holding back, or checking something, often physically like pulling reins. It extends to metaphorical restraint, verbal abuse, and descriptions of haughtiness or intensity.

Derived headwords

كَبَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to restrainboth

    To pull the reins of an animal to make it stop.

  2. 2.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike with a sword.

  3. 3.
    to deterboth

    To prevent someone from doing something or seeking something.

كبح الدابة: جذب لجامها لتقف — To restrain the animal: to pull its reins to make it stop.
أَكْبَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to restrainboth

    To restrain an animal by pulling its reins.

كأكبحها — as if he restrained it.
الكُبْحnoun
  1. 1.
    type of medicineclassical

    A type of black medicine, or it is the drug 'rakhbeen'.

مِكْبَحadjective
  1. 1.
    haughtyclassical

    Haughty, arrogant, or disdainful.

وإنه لمكبح — And indeed he is haughty.
مُكْرَمadjective
  1. 1.
    haughtyclassical

    Haughty, arrogant, or disdainful.

ومكرم: شامخ — and haughty: lofty.
أَكْبَحadjective
  1. 1.
    haughtyclassical

    Haughty, arrogant, or disdainful.

وقد أكبح، بالضم: إذا كان كذلك — And he may be haughty, when he is like that.
أَكْبَحadjective
  1. 1.
    strongclassical

    A strong camel.

وبعير أكبح: شديد — And a camel that is akbaḥ: strong.
كَابَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to insultclassical

    To insult or revile someone.

وكابحه: شاتمه — And to kabaḥahu: to insult him.
الكَابِحnoun
  1. 1.
    obstacleclassical

    That which confronts you and causes ill omen or fear.

كَوَابِحnoun
  1. 1.
    obstaclesclassical

    Plural of كَابِح (kābiḥ), that which confronts you and causes ill omen or fear.

ج: كوابح — plural: kawābiḥ.

Parallel reading

كبح الدابة: جذب لجامها لتقف
To restrain the animal: to pull its reins to make it stop.
و بالسيف: ضرب
And with the sword: to strike.
و فلانا: رده عن الحاجة
And to restrain someone: to deter him from his need.
والكبح، بالضم: نوع من المصل أسود، أو هو الرخبين
And al-kubḥ, with damma: a type of black medicine, or it is al-rakhbīn.
وإنه لمكبح، كمعظم ومكرم: شامخ
And indeed he is makbaḥ, like muʿaẓẓam and mukram: haughty.
وقد أكبح، بالضم: إذا كان كذلك
And he may be akbaḥ, with damma: if he is like that.
وبعير أكبح: شديد
And a camel that is akbaḥ: strong.
وكابحه: شاتمه
And to kabaḥahu: to insult him.
والكابح: ما استقبلك مما يتطير منه، ج: كوابح
And al-kābiḥ: that which confronts you from which one takes an omen (of bad luck), plural: kawābiḥ.