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الكرباس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of white cotton cloth and related concepts. It also extends to descriptions of physical states like being tightly bound or a specific gait.

Derived headwords

الكِرْبَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    cotton clothboth

    A type of white cloth made from cotton. It is a loanword from Persian, with the pronunciation altered to fit the 'fi'alāl' pattern.

كِرَابِسِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    related to karbasclassical

    An adjective denoting something related to or made of karbas (cotton cloth). The formation is analogous to 'Anṣārī', otherwise the standard derivation would be 'karbāsī'.

كَرَبَّسَverb
  1. 1.
    to bind tightlyclassical

    To bind or gather something tightly, particularly the head.

مُكَرْبَسadjective
  1. 1.
    tightly boundclassical

    Describing a head that is tightly bound or gathered.

الكِرْبَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gait of the shackledclassical

    A specific manner of walking, characterized by the restricted movement of someone who is shackled or fettered.

Parallel reading

الكرباس، بالكسر: ثوب من القطن الأبيض، معرب، فارسيته بالفتح، غيروه لعزة فعلال
Al-kirbās, with a kasra: a garment of white cotton, it is an Arabized word, its Persian origin has a fatḥa, they changed it because of the rarity of the 'fi'alāl' pattern.
والنسبة: كرابيسي، كأنه شبه بالأنصاري، وإلا فالقياس كرباسي.
And the attribution is: karābīsī, as if it were likened to al-Anṣārī; otherwise, the standard derivation would be karbāsī.
وهو مكربس الرأس: مجتمعه.
And he is mukarbas al-ra's: his head is gathered/bound.
والكربسة: مشي المقيد.
And al-kirbasah: the gait of the shackled.