كسح

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sweeping, clearing, and removing. It extends to concepts of taking away possessions, physical ailments causing immobility or weakness, and metaphorical burdens or difficulties. It also encompasses terms for tools used for sweeping and specific conditions affecting animals.

Derived headwords

كَنَسَverb

1.
to sweepboth
To clean a place by sweeping, removing dust and debris.

كَسَحَverb

1.
to sweep awayclassical
Used metaphorically for the wind clearing the earth of dust.

اِكْتَسَحُواverb

1.
they took all their possessionsclassical
To seize and take away all of someone's property or belongings.

المِكْنَسَةnoun

1.
broomboth
A tool used for sweeping, typically made of bristles or twigs attached to a handle.

الكُسَاحَةnoun

1.
swept debrisclassical
The dust and refuse that has been swept up.
2.
lameness, paralysisboth
A disability or infirmity affecting the hands and feet, causing inability to walk or move properly.

كَسَحَverb

1.
to be lameboth
To suffer from lameness or paralysis.

أَكْسَحadjective

1.
lameboth
Having a physical disability that affects movement, particularly in the legs or feet.
2.
paralyzedclassical
Unable to move due to paralysis.

كَسْحَانadjective

1.
lameboth
Suffering from lameness or a physical impediment.

كَسِيحadjective

1.
lameboth
Unable to walk or move properly due to a physical disability.
2.
incapable, helplessclassical
Lacking the ability to do something; weak or disabled.

كَسِيحnoun

1.
crippleclassical
A person who is lame or unable to move properly.

الكُسَاحnoun

1.
lameness disease (camels)classical
A specific ailment affecting camels, causing lameness or immobility.

المِكْسَحnoun

1.
one who sweepsclassical
Someone who sweeps or cleans by sweeping.
2.
scraperclassical
A tool or person that scrapes or peels something off.

المُكَاسَحَةnoun

1.
intense drinkingclassical
Engaging in prolonged and heavy drinking sessions.

كالكتفphrase

1.
one you help but doesn't help youclassical
Describing a relationship where one party provides assistance but receives none in return.

ما أكسحهinterjection

1.
how heavy it isclassical
An exclamation expressing the great weight or burden of something.

جمل مكسوحnoun phrase

1.
camel with severe lamenessclassical
A camel suffering from a significant limp or difficulty in walking.

الكَسْحnoun

1.
inability, helplessnessclassical
The state of being unable to act or move; weakness or disability.

مِكْسَحَةnoun

1.
broomboth
A tool for sweeping.
2.
swept debrisclassical
The material swept up from a surface.

Parallel reading

و الريح الأرض: قشرت عنها التراب.

And the wind swept the earth: it peeled the dust off it.

واكتسحوهم: أخذوا مالهم كله.

And they swept them away: they took all their property.

والمكسحة: المكنسة.

And the makhsaḥah: the broom.

والكساحة: الكناسة، والزمانة في اليدين والرجلين، كسح، كفرح، وهو أكسح وكسحان وكسيح وكسيح.

And al-kusāḥah: the swept refuse, and lameness in the hands and feet, kasaha (he was lame), ka-fariḥa, and he is akṣaḥ, kasḥān, kasīḥ, and kasīḥ.

والكساح: داء للإبل.

And al-kusāḥ: a disease of camels.

والمكسح: المقشر.

And al-miksah: the scraper.

والكسيح: العاجز.

And al-kasīḥ: the incapable.

والأكسح: الأعرج، والمقعد، ج: كسحان.

And al-akṣaḥ: the lame, the one who sits (paralyzed), pl: kasḥān.

والمكاسحة: المشاربة الشديدة.

And al-mukāsaḥah: intense drinking.

وكالكتف: من تستعينه ولا يعينك.

And like the shoulder (kal-katif): one whom you help but he does not help you.

وما أكسحه: ما أثقله.

And how heavy it is (mā akṣaḥahu): how burdensome it is.

وجمل مكسوح: به ظلع شديد.

And a camel makhsūḥ: with severe lameness in it.

والكسح: العجز.

And al-kasḥ: inability.

ومكسحة، كمعظمة، بالسين والشين، ويفتحان ويكسران: ع.

And makhsaḥah, like muʿaẓẓamah, with Sīn and Shīn, and they are both opened and broken: a city.