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كاحه

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of struggle, overcoming, and verbal confrontation. It extends to meanings of humiliation, insult, and public denunciation. Additionally, it encompasses terms related to the side or face of a mountain and the concept of giving or providing.

Derived headwords

كَاحَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to fight and overcomeboth

    To engage in a struggle with someone and ultimately defeat them.

  2. 2.
    to coverclassical

    To submerge or cover someone in water or dust.

كَوْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    struggle and overcomingboth

    The act of fighting and defeating an opponent.

كَاوَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to insultboth

    To verbally abuse or insult someone.

  2. 2.
    to confront publiclyclassical

    To openly challenge or confront someone, often with insults.

كُوَحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to humiliateclassical

    To cause someone to feel shame or to lose dignity; to debase.

  2. 2.
    to repelclassical

    To drive back or reject someone.

أَكَاحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to giveclassical

    To bestow or grant something to someone.

الكاحnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain's sideboth

    The flank or face of a mountain.

الكَيْحnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain's sideboth

    Synonymous with 'al-kāḥ', referring to the side or face of a mountain.

أَكْيَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain's sidesboth

    Plural of 'al-kāḥ' or 'al-kayḥ', referring to the sides or faces of mountains.

كُيُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain's sidesboth

    Another plural form for the sides or faces of mountains.

كَوَاح مَالnoun
  1. 1.
    equivalent of wealthclassical

    The equivalent or counterpart of wealth; what matches it.

تَكَاوَحَاverb
  1. 1.
    to mutually engage in evilclassical

    Two individuals engaging in mutual wrongdoing or conflict between themselves.

Parallel reading

كَاحَهَ كَوْحًا: قاتله فغلبه
He fought him a struggle and overcame him.
وكا وَحَهُ: شاتمه وجاهره
And he insulted him and confronted him openly.
وكوحه: أذله ورده
And he humiliated him and repelled him.
وتَكَاوَحَا: تمارسا في الشر بينهما
And they mutually engaged in evil between them.
والكاح: عرض الجبل
And al-kāḥ is the side of the mountain.
كالكيح، بالكسر
Like al-kayḥ, with kasra.
وهو كواح مال، بالكسر: إزاؤه
And it is kawāḥ of wealth, with kasra: its equivalent.
وما أكاحه: ما أعطاه
And 'mā akāḥahu' means what he gave him.