الكرش

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the stomach or rumen of ruminant animals, extending metaphorically to encompass offspring, groups of people, and even geographical locations. It also describes physical states like a large belly or a contracted face, and culinary preparations.

Derived headwords

الْكَرِشnoun

1.
Rumenboth
The stomach of a ruminant animal, equivalent to the human stomach.
2.
Offspringclassical
A man's children or young offspring.
3.
Groupclassical
A gathering or assembly of people.
4.
Placeclassical
A location or area, specifically a mountain or a fertile pasture.

الْكِرْشِيُّونnoun

1.
People of Wasitclassical
Inhabitants of the city of Wasit, named by Al-Hajjaj.

كَرِشَverb

1.
To contract (face)both
To frown or contract one's face.
2.
To gather an armyclassical
For a person to amass an army after being alone.

الْكَرْشَاءadjective

1.
Large-belliedboth
Describing a woman with a large belly.
2.
Fat-footedclassical
Describing a foot with abundant flesh and a filled sole.
3.
Stout-flankedclassical
Describing a female animal, like a donkey, with stout flanks.
4.
Distantclassical
Describing a womb that is distant or far removed.

كَرِشَname

1.
Karshclassical
A place name located between Kaffa and Azāq.

كَرْشَانname

1.
Karshanclassical
The name of an ancestor of a tribe.

كِرْشname

1.
Kirshclassical
A mountain.

كِرْزَنَّارname

1.
Kirzannarclassical
A type of small creature or insect.

التَّكْرِيشَةnoun

1.
Dishclassical
A dish prepared by cooking in animal stomachs (kurosh).

الْمِكْرَشَةnoun

1.
Meat and fat dishclassical
A dish made from meat and fat, cooked in a hollowed-out piece of a camel's stomach.
2.
Melon seedsclassical
The seeds of a melon that have been dried and preserved.

تَكَرَّشَverb

1.
To gatherboth
To assemble or gather together.
2.
To contract (face)classical
For a face to contract or become stern.

اسْتَكْرَشَverb

1.
To become a rumenclassical
For rennet (infuha) to become like a rumen, which happens when a kid goat eats plants.

Parallel reading

الْكَرِش، بالكسر وككتف، لكل مجتر: بمنزلة المعدة للإنسان، مؤنثة

Al-kirsh, with kasra and like 'katif', for every ruminant: is like the stomach for humans, and it is feminine.

وعيال الرجل، وصغار ولده، والجماعة

And a man's family, and his young children, and a group.

والتلعة، ونبات من أنجع المراتع

And a small valley, and a plant from the most effective pastures.

والكرشيون: أهل واسط، لأن الحجاج لما بناه، كتب إلى عبد الملك: إني اتخذت مدينة في كرش من الأرض بين الجبل والمصرين، وسميتها بواسط

And Al-Kirshiyyun: the people of Wasit, because when Al-Hajjaj built it, he wrote to Abd al-Malik: 'I have established a city in a hollow of the land between the mountain and the two rivers, and I named it Wasit.'

وقولهم: لو وجدت إليه فا كرش

And their saying: 'If you could find a way to it...'

وكرش الجلد، كفرح: تقبض

And 'karasha' the skin, as in 'faraha': it contracted.

والرجل: صار له جيش بعد انفراده

And the man: he acquired an army after being alone.

والكرشاء: العظيمة البطن

And Al-Karshaa': the one with a large belly.

والقدم: كثر لحمها، واستوى أخمصها

And the foot: its flesh became abundant, and its sole became even.

والأتان الضخمة الخاصرتين

And the she-donkey with stout flanks.

ومن الرحم: البعيدة

And from the womb: the distant one.

وفرس بسطام بن قيس

And the mare of Bistam bin Qais.

وكرش: د بين كفا وأزاق

And Karsh: a place between Kaffa and Azāq.

وككرتاب: جبل

And Kirsh: a mountain.

وكزنار: دويبة

And Kirzannar: a small creature.

والتكريشة: التي تطبخ في الكروش

And Al-Takrishah: that which is cooked in stomachs.

والمكرشة، كمعظمة: طعام يعمل من اللحم والشحم في قطعة مقورة من كرش البعير

And Al-Mikrasheh, as in 'ma'dhamah': a food made from meat and fat in a hollowed piece of a camel's stomach.

وبكسر الراء: ما تعفف بزره من البطيخ

And with kasra of the ra: what is preserved from melon seeds.

وكرش تكريشا: قطب وجهه، وعمل المكرشة

And 'karasha' (verb) with takrishan: he contracted his face, and he made Al-Mikrasheh.

وتكرشوا: تجمعوا

And 'takarrashu': they gathered.

و وجهه: تقبض

And his face: it contracted.

واستكرشت الإنفحة: صارت كرشا، وذلك إذا رعى الجدي النبات

And the rennet 'istakrashat': it became like a rumen, and that is when the kid goat grazes on plants.