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الكيح

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes roughness, coarseness, and harshness, often applied to physical textures or temperaments. It can also extend to meanings of destruction or perishing.

Derived headwords

الْكَيْحُnoun
  1. 1.
    roughnessboth

    A state of being rough, coarse, or unrefined in texture or character.

  2. 2.
    coarsenessboth

    A lack of refinement or delicacy; a rough or unpolished quality.

كَيْحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    roughboth

    Possessing a rough or coarse texture.

  2. 2.
    coarseboth

    Lacking refinement or delicacy; rough in manner or appearance.

أَسْنَانٌ كَيْحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    rough teethclassical

    Teeth that are rough or coarse in texture.

كِيحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    roughboth

    Rough or coarse in texture or disposition.

كِيحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Coarse or rough in nature.

أَكْيَحُadjective
  1. 1.
    roughboth

    Extremely rough or coarse.

  2. 2.
    coarseboth

    Very coarse or unrefined.

كَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be roughclassical

    To be rough or coarse in texture or disposition.

أَكَاحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be roughclassical

    To be rough or coarse.

أَكَاحَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to destroyclassical

    To cause something to be destroyed or perish.

  2. 2.
    to ruinclassical

    To bring about the ruin or destruction of.

Parallel reading

الكيح محركة: الخشونة، والغلظ.
Al-kayhu (with harakat): roughness, and coarseness.
وأسنان كيح، بالكسر.
And rough teeth, with kasra.
وكيح أكيح: خشن غليظ، كيوم أيوم.
And kayhun akayhu: rough, coarse, like yawmun ayawmu.
وما كاح فيه السيف، وما أكاح: كما حاك وما أحاك.
And what the sword did not cut in it, and what it did not cut: like what it cut and what it did not cut.
وأكاحه: أهلكه.
And akāḥahu: it destroyed it.